Drone delivery service is about to expand in North Texas, with airborne packages set to take flight to more homes and businesses within Richardson. First offered in Richardson in late 2022 by the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Buckingham Road, the service is planned for the Walmart Supercenter on North Garland Avenue (through drone company Wing) and is currently being tested for deliveries to locations up to six miles from the store, which includes several Richardson neighborhoods.
About 1,000 items will be eligible for drone delivery by Wing, usually small packages weighing under 2.6 pounds. The drones fly about 65 miles per hour at 200 feet above the ground, and a remote pilot guides the drone using camera images for navigation and safety.
Richardson is no stranger to automated delivery—in addition to being among the first 11 cities in Texas in 2022 to be offered drone delivery from Walmart, Richardson welcomed robot delivery in 2019 as UT Dallas began utilizing robot food delivery across campus, and FedEx tested a personal delivery vehicle known as “Roxo” in 2021 in neighborhoods near Berkner High School.
