Matternet M2

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: Matternet said its M2 drones had begun routine flights carrying children's lab samples from Great Ormond Street Hospital to The Doctors Laboratory in London, for the drone network Apian (20 Oct 2026).

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. DroneXL says the M2 is the only delivery drone with a standard FAA type certificate, but we could not confirm the date it was granted. Matternet has not published flight volumes or revenue, per DroneXL.