The fourth Ghanaian distribution center became operational in June 2020. In April 2019, Zipline opened the first of its four planned distribution centers in Ghana to supply 2,500 health facilities. In April 2018, Zipline announced a second-generation drone, which was listed in Time's "Best inventions of 2018" list. The distribution site opened later that year and was inaugurated in a ceremony with Rwandan president Paul Kagame. In 2016, Zipline signed a deal with the Rwandan government to build a distribution center near Muhanga. Co-founders Keenan Wyrobek and William Hetzler joined at this time.
In 2014, Romotive shut down and the company focused on delivering medical supplies using drones. In 2011, Keller Rinaudo founded Romotive, which produced an iPhone-controlled robotic toy called Romo. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a Part 107 waiver to Zipline's partner organization Novant Health for the delivery of medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to medical facilities in North Carolina.Īlong with nine other drone delivery companies, the FAA selected Zipline to participate in a type certification program for delivery drones. In April 2019 in Ghana, the company began using drones to deliver vaccines, blood, and medicines. As of September 2021, more than 75% of blood deliveries in Rwanda outside of Kigali use Zipline drones. The company's drones deliver whole blood, platelets, frozen plasma, and cryoprecipitate along with over 220 medical products, including vaccines, infusions and routine medical commodities. As of February 2021, its drones have flown more than 4,000,000 miles and made nearly 400,000 deliveries in the last five years. The company operates distribution centers in Rwanda, Ghana, and the US. Zipline is an American medical product delivery company that is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, and designs, manufactures, and operates delivery drones.
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