Scotland, the postman is a drone: the first delivery of mail without humans to the Orkney Islands

LONDON – For the first time in the United Kingdom, a drone has acted as a postman. It happened in Orkney, an archipelago of 70 islands sixteen kilometers off the north coast of Scotland.

Called Orkney I-Port, the revolutionary postal service was launched by Royal Mail in partnership with drone company Skysports to deliver letters and parcels between the islands, only 20 of which are inhabited.