Ireland’s first ever retail drone delivery of light bulbs

IRISH lighting company Solus demonstrated that they are light years ahead as they piloted the first ever retail drone delivery of light bulbs to a retail store.

Mark Kavanagh, marketing director of the Kavanagh Group, joined David Reynolds, sales and marketing director of Solus, and former Miss World Rosanna Davison to receive the delivery of Solus light bulbs to SuperValu in Westport.

Solus piloted the drone delivery experiment in controlled conditions to be the first lighting company to use drone technology to carry out a retail delivery - lighting the way to autonomous deliveries in the future.

The pilot took place in near perfect weather conditions.

The assignment contained 30 candle bulbs from the Solus premium XCross™ Filament LED range. The contents arrived in perfect condition and ahead of schedule proving that even something as delicate as a light bulb can be delivered by drone and perfectly intact.

While regulatory obstacles remain, there is no doubt that autonomous drone deliveries are just over the horizon, especially for last-mile connectivity.

“We are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve our service and retail drone deliveries are already being tested across the world so why not here in Ireland,” said David Reynolds.

Solus carried out the drone delivery experiment to be the first lighting company to use drone technology to carry out a B2B retail delivery in Ireland.