Drone home delivery project picks up steam in Japan

Photo taken April 8, 2016, in Chiba city, shows Kenzo Nonami, a Chiba University engineering professor, kneeling down beside a drone developed for a project to commercialize a drone home delivery service by 2019. Nonami heads a research team for the project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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