Delivery of packages by unmanned aerial vehicles

A system to package a product to be delivered by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the system comprising:

• one or more servers to:
• receive, from a customer's personal electronics device, an electronic request to deliver the product,
• receive location information from the personal electronic device indicating a delivery destination for the product,
• calculate a drop height above the delivery destination at which the product is to be dropped, the drop height being based at least in part upon attributes of the product, the package, and the delivery destination,
• determine, based at least in part on the calculated drop height, a construction for a package to protect the product, and
• dispatch the UAV carrying the package to the calculated drop height at the delivery destination;
• and
• mold forms, to receive expanding foam to enclose the product and create the package, the mold forms not being part of the package.

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a customer's personal electronics device, a request to deliver a product via an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
• determining location information indicating a delivery destination for the product;
• calculating a drop height above the delivery destination from which the product is to be dropped, the drop height being based at least in part upon at least one of a nature of the product, a nature of the package, or a nature of the delivery destination;
• determining, based at least in part on the calculated drop height, a package to provide protection for the product;
• determining a preferred orientation for the product, and positioning the product in the package so that a center of gravity of the package with the product orients the product in the preferred orientation;
• generating the package around the product using expanding foam and mold forms;
• dispatching the UAV carrying the package to the calculated drop height above the delivery destination;
• receiving a signal from the UAV indicating the UAV is at the delivery destination and at the drop height;
• and
• sending a signal to the UAV, the signal causing the UAV to release the package at the delivery destination from the calculated drop height.