Dragontail Systems Limited (ASX: DTS) has formed a strategic partnership with Valqari LLC for a complete contactless delivery by drones, for the QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) industry as well as other potential markets.
Dragontail is the developer of the Algo SaaS platform and QT AI camera system for the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) and foodservice industry.
Valqari, a Chicago-based company, has developed a drone delivery solution that solves the “last inch” logistic problems with its patented Smart Drone Delivery Mailbox that provides a secure and convenient delivery receptacle or tray for both drone and traditional deliveries. Valqari’s Drone Delivery Mailbox Station is a dependable solution for all drone deliveries, having an automated device provide a contactless pickup at the landing zones, when delivering traditional mail, packages, and parcel products. Valqari holds utility patents in 14 countries and territories, including the U.S., the U.K., Germany, China and several other countries in the European Union.
Managing Director, Ido Levanon, said Dragontail is the only technology provider to offer a holistic solution for store operations with its Algo Platform, as opposed to other solutions that only address the last process step of a store’s operation – end-customer food delivery, known as “last mile”.
The Algo Platform oversees the whole operation processes, starting from receiving an order via the POS (Point of Sale) system all the way through to the end-customer receiving their food order and includes kitchen optimization under a fully integrated approach. The partnership with Valqari will allow the two companies to offer a complete solution for an efficient operating flow within the restaurant as well as an entirely automated drone delivery.
Mr Levanon said Valqari’s last inch solution and Dragontail’s Algo Platform, combined will provide a safe, secure and costeffective solution, while having the capabilities of operating efficiently, streamlining the food preparation processes (or any other “backstage” operations also highly applicable within other industries), as well as delivering food hot and fresh to end customers. By using the combined products, restaurants will now be able to offer a secure and contactless pickup at the landing zones for both drivers and end customers, instead of arriving all the way to the restaurant. The added value benefiting restaurants using this technology include creating cost-effective process solutions, reduction in manpower and labor cost, reaching a higher level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, increasing customer base.
We are very excited to have partnered with Valqari. This latest ‘drone to end customer’ technology sits alongside our December 2020 announced ‘drone to drop zone technology collaboration which solves for operating environments under strict security hurdles,” Mr Levanon said.
“We believe our strategic partnerships for technology development in the drone space will give us further competitive advantage. Our combined forces and technologies will bring significant business opportunities and strengthen our overall product and service offering in the QSR space, leading to innovative developments and ideas that have never been seen before, establishing a fundamental change in the logistical perception of the food industry and its application more broadly, in other addressable markets over the long term.”