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PACK EXPO Drones Arrive in Philadelphia

Pw 392827 Jan 2432

Making their way east from their PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2017 debut, "PACK EXPO Drone Demo - Packaging for the Last Mile,” will take to the Pennsylvania Convention Center airspace in Philadelphia at PACK EXPO East 2018, April 16-18. This showcase of interactive automated packaging distribution reinforces PACK EXPO East’s status as a destination for innovation and breakthrough technology in all things packaging.

Show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, will again collaborate with electric truck and drone maker, Workhorse, to bring the simulation to life. The interactive display offers a real visualization of the final process that brings a package to a consumer's home. Mock housing will populate the virtual landscape of the 2,400-square foot. exhibit, complete with mailboxes and doorsteps to accept delivered packages.

Workhorse delivery drones will take off from the top of a stationary Workhorse electric van and make deliveries. To complete the simulation, monitors outside of the drone area will broadcast the information available from the delivery van via the Metron application. The screens will also offer the drone perspective via live video from a camera mounted on the drones.

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