Section20 robots tracked
Drones and delivery
Drones and sidewalk robots that bring orders to the door. Where they fly or roll today, and what the FAA allows.
16 of 20 have paying customers or regulator clearance. The rest are pilots, pre-orders or demos.
01How far each has got
From demo to everyday
Each robot sits on the same five-step ladder, worked out from dated, sourced milestones. A stage says how far it has got, not how good it is.
- 1Demo only
- 2Pre-orders
- None yet
- 3Pilot
- None yet
- 4Paying customers
- 5Regulator-cleared or mass market
02Every robot
The full list
Furthest along first. Open any robot for its track record, the maker's promises and every source.
- Drones as first respondersSkydio, Flock Safety, Brinc, Axon · Police and fire dronesPolice and fire departments across the US; more than 1,000 public safety agencies held FAA waivers by February 2026, though not all have launched programs.
- EH216-SEHang · Pilotless passenger aircraftSightseeing flights at two sites in China, Guangzhou and Hefei, still described as trial operations in August 2026 while operators wait for approval to sell tickets to the public.
- Farm spraying dronesDJI, Hylio, XAG · Crop-spraying dronesWidely used on US farms, but since December 2025 new foreign-made models, including DJI's, cannot get US approval.
- FlytrexFlytrex · Food delivery drone serviceAcross the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
- MannaManna Air Delivery · Food delivery drone serviceDublin suburbs such as Blanchardstown in Ireland, and a two-mile area in Tulsa, Oklahoma, since August 2026.
- Skydio X10 and DockSkydio · Self-flying docked droneSold to US police and fire departments, utilities, every branch of the US military and the armed forces of 29 allied nations; Skydio says more than 4,000 US agencies and organisations use its systems.
- UPS Flight ForwardUPS (with Matternet drones) · Drone delivery airlineThe FAA gave UPS Flight Forward permission to fly drones beyond the operator's line of sight, so it could deliver small packages with Matternet M2 drones.
- WingWing (Alphabet) · Delivery drone serviceWalmart deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth, metro Atlanta, Greater Houston, Charlotte and Greater Orlando.
- ZiplineZipline · Delivery drone serviceWalmart deliveries around Dallas-Fort Worth and in northwest Arkansas, prescription deliveries for Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and a Houston-area site; more Texas cities are in FAA review.
- Coco delivery robotCoco Robotics · Sidewalk delivery robotLos Angeles, Chicago and Miami in the US, and Helsinki, Finland.
- DJI FlyCartDJI · Cargo delivery droneSold in China since August 2023 and worldwide since January 2024. In the US, new DJI models cannot get the approval needed for sale since December 2025.
- Flying Autonomous RobotsTevel Aerobotics Technologies · Flying fruit-picking robotsTevel names growers it works with in Italy, the US (California) and Chile.
- Prime Air (MK30)Amazon · Delivery drone serviceAmazon says it delivers by drone from 11 US sites, including around Phoenix, Tampa, Detroit, Houston and Dallas, and runs a trial in Darlington, England.
- Serve sidewalk robotServe Robotics · Sidewalk delivery robotLos Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Chicago and Fort Lauderdale (as of December 2025).
- Starship delivery robotStarship Technologies · Sidewalk delivery robotMore than 300 locations in 8 countries, including US university campuses and towns and cities in Europe.
- Wingcopter 198Wingcopter · Delivery and survey droneMedical delivery flights in Malawi since 2019; the company also lists flying in Japan, the US, Kenya, Germany and Spain.
- Black SwanDronamics · Long-range cargo droneDronamics launched a military version of the Black Swan for surveillance, with sensors from German defence firm Hensoldt. Demonstrations were planned for later in 2026.
- DotDoorDash · Road and sidewalk delivery robotPhoenix area, Arizona (testing with early partners announced in September 2025).
- Matternet M2Matternet · Delivery droneMatternet presented a new drone, the M3, with paid service aimed for the second half of 2027. The M3 does not yet have an FAA type certificate, the FAA's sign-off on an aircraft design.
- Wisk Generation 6Wisk Aero · Self-flying air taxiStill in flight testing in California with two prototypes; no passenger service anywhere yet.
