Global package shipping volume increased by 48% during the past two years, powered by growth in e-commerce, according to a report released last week by technology company Pitney Bowes.

Robby Technologies is one of three companies that have reached out to the city of Mountain View, Calif., for permission to test robots there.

No ring of the doorbell, just a text. No tip for the driver? No problem in this test, where Domino’s and Ford are teaming up to see if customers will warm to the idea of pizza delivered by driverless cars.

The strike by Seattle concrete delivery truck drivers that slowed construction projects across King County, Washington, is coming to an end following a labor agreement reached Aug. 18.

Amazon.com doesn’t just want to control the “last mile” of online delivery. The company wants to own the finish line, too.

Chinese delivery company SF Holding said it has obtained a landmark license from the country’s military authorities to use drones to deliver commercial packages and was conducting the country’s first drone pilot demonstration zone.

UPS Inc., teaming up with drone-maker CyPhy Works, announced drone tests to deliver packages in remote areas.The first test was earlier this week to move medicine from a Boston area community to Children’s Island, located about three miles from the mainland and without automobile access. UPS also has done drone application tests inside warehouses to track stock availability and assessment of relief aid deliveries, also in hard-to-reach locations. (video by UPS Inc.)

Working households may soon have an alternative to the modern dilemma of how to take delivery of stuff ordered online: have it dropped off in your car.