Amazon Is Dead Serious About Delivering Your Goodies by Drone
7 years, 11 months ago

Amazon Is Dead Serious About Delivering Your Goodies by Drone

Wired  

Almost four years ago, in a puffy 60 Minutes piece about Amazon, CEO Jeff Bezos gave us a peek at a secret project: autonomous “octocopters,” also known as giant drones. The flying devices, Bezos assured us, would cut out UPS and FedEx to deliver packages to Amazon’s customers. On March 20th in Palm Springs, CA, I saw the first public test flight in the US at a private Amazon emerging tech conference called MARS. Cynics noted that the 60 Minutes piece might have been a way to deflect negative coverage directed at Amazon and at Bezos in particular—most notably, a critical book by Brad Stone, whose tales of a quasi-Dickensian workplace so displeased the company that Bezos’ wife posted a negative review.

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Amazon will start delivering packages in the UK by DRONE in under an hour next year as tech giant vows to roll out scheme in Italy and the US
1 year, 5 months ago

Amazon will start delivering packages in the UK by DRONE in under an hour next year as tech giant vows to roll out scheme in Italy and the US

Daily Mail  

Amazon will start delivering packages by drone in just under an hour around the UK next year. The technology giant said the service would begin from one of its UK same-day delivery sites, but is keeping the location secret for now. The technology giant said the service would begin from one of its UK same-day delivery sites, but is keeping …

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally
1 year, 5 months ago

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

The Hindu  

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. Amazon spokesperson Jessica Bardoulas said the company has made thousands of deliveries since launching the service, and is expanding it to include prescriptions based in part on customer requests. Amazon Pharmacy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vin …

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally
1 year, 5 months ago

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Associated Press  

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The company’s Prime Air division began testing drone deliveries of common household items last December in College Station and Lockeford, California. Amazon Pharmacy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vin Gupta says the U.S. health care system generally …

Coming soon to your doorstep: Drone-delivered prescriptions from Amazon
1 year, 5 months ago

Coming soon to your doorstep: Drone-delivered prescriptions from Amazon

LA Times  

Amazon customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order. Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to offer drone deliveries for medications. The company’s Prime Air division began testing drone deliveries of common household items in December …

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Dream Is Crashing
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Dream Is Crashing

Wired  

It took nearly three hours to deliver the card game that morning. The first official customer for drone delivery in Lockeford signed up for the service after Amazon promoted it at his children’s school science fair in September 2022. He figured maybe drone delivery was the future: “And I’ll tell my kids, ‘You got the first Amazon drone delivery ever.’ …

‘Amazon Prime Air’ drone service launched in US: All you need to know
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Amazon Prime Air’ drone service launched in US: All you need to know

India TV News  

Amazon has reportedly started to deliver orders from the drone service. 5 platforms to make hassle-free online payments The customers located in College Station, Texas and Lockeford, California, have reportedly started to receive a small number of parcels which got delivered by the Amazon drone service which is named ‘Amazon Prime Air’, as per The Verge’s reports. We are starting …

Winging It: Inside Amazon’s Quest to Seize the Skies
2 years, 3 months ago

Winging It: Inside Amazon’s Quest to Seize the Skies

Wired  

Christmas was rapidly approaching, and Amazon was facing a crisis. If those carriers couldn’t keep up with demand, Amazon wouldn’t be able to honor its Prime “promise” to ship any imaginable commodity to tens of millions of households within two days. Worried about a second straight holiday season meltdown, Dave Clark, then Amazon’s head of worldwide operations, ordered his transportation …

Amazon wins FAA approval to deliver packages by drone
4 years, 6 months ago

Amazon wins FAA approval to deliver packages by drone

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had granted Amazon approval to deliver packages by drones. Back in December 2013, Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos said in a TV interview that drones would be flying to customer’s homes within five years. Last …

Amazon to hire 2,000 techies in UK for new ventures
5 years, 8 months ago

Amazon to hire 2,000 techies in UK for new ventures

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc. is set to hire more than 2,000 workers in the U.K., including engineers, software developers and data scientists, to develop its latest technology ventures. The Seattle-based tech giant’s U.K. workforce will total almost 30,000 people by the end of the year, and will include cloud and machine learning experts, corporate roles and fulfillment and delivery workers, the company …

Amazon's new delivery drone: Six things you must know about it
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon's new delivery drone: Six things you must know about it

Live Mint  

Amazon's new delivery drone: Six things you must know about it 6 Photos. These are six things you must know about the Amazon's new delivery drone. 2/6Amazon's new delivery drones uses computer vision and machine learning to detect and avoid people or clotheslines in backyards when landing. 3/6The new Amazon delivery drone is displayed on a screen during a video …

Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in ’months’
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in ’months’

Live Mint  

Las Vegas: Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to use self-piloted drones to deliver packages to shoppers' home in the coming months. Amazon said its new drones use computer vision and machine learning to detect and avoid people or clotheslines in backyards when landing. "From paragliders to power lines to a corgi in the backyard, the brain of the drone …

Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in ‘months’
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in ‘months’

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to use self-piloted drones to deliver packages to shoppers’ home in the coming months. Amazon said its new drones use computer vision and machine learning to detect and avoid people or clotheslines in backyards when landing. “From paragliders to power lines to a corgi in the backyard, the brain of the …

The Prime Challenges for Scout, Amazon’s New Delivery Robot
55 years, 2 months ago

The Prime Challenges for Scout, Amazon’s New Delivery Robot

Wired  

No matter who you ask, the near-future of delivery seems to involve fleets of robots shuffling packages from stores, down sidewalks, and onto doorsteps. And soon, your Amazon Prime packages may show up courtesy of Scout, Amazon's new six-wheeled autonomous delivery robot built to withstand the sidewalk. Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will begin field testing Scout in Snohomish …

Where are the drones? Amazon’s customers are still waiting
6 years, 3 months ago

Where are the drones? Amazon’s customers are still waiting

Associated Press  

Jeff Bezos boldly predicted five years ago that drones would be carrying Amazon packages to people’s doorsteps by now. The result is a blown deadline on his claim to CBS’ “60 Minutes” in December 2013 that drones would be making deliveries within five years. Frank Appel, the CEO of DHL’s parent company, Deutsche Post AG, said “over the next couple …

Your Amazon Order Is Out for Delivery But Still Not on a Drone
6 years, 3 months ago

Your Amazon Order Is Out for Delivery But Still Not on a Drone

The Quint  

Frank Appel, the CEO of DHL's parent company, Deutsche Post AG, said "over the next couple of years" drones will remain a niche vehicle and not widely used. Snow, the CEO of Skylogic Research, says a rule permitting operators to fly drones beyond their line of sight — so critical to deliveries — is at least 10 years away. A …

What’s The Future Of Drone Delivery?
7 years, 8 months ago

What’s The Future Of Drone Delivery?

Huff Post  

On December 14, 2016, Amazon made its first drone delivery, and suddenly the city of the future seemed a whole lot closer. However, a recent article Wired wrote about a UPS drone delivery test run shows us that drone technology isn’t even close to completely replacing the human element and delivery drivers just yet. For more on that and what …

Amazon patents design for giant flying fleet of connected aircraft to deliver big packages
8 years, 2 months ago

Amazon patents design for giant flying fleet of connected aircraft to deliver big packages

Daily Mail  

Amazon is developing technology that will allow a flock of drones to fly in convoy, allowing the machines to cover longer distances and carry heavier loads. The Amazon Technologies Inc. patent says that individual modules could detach from the collective drone body once they were no longer required, allowing them to operate independently to deliver smaller parcels. The company has …

Amazon's Real Future Isn't Drones. It's Self-Driving Trucks
8 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's Real Future Isn't Drones. It's Self-Driving Trucks

Wired  

Here in the US, trucks carry 10 billion tons of freight each year. This is why Amazon is apparently trying to Uber-ize the way it coordinates truck shipments across the country's largest online retail service, as The Wall Street Journal reported this week. But citing sources familiar with Amazon's business, The Journal says the company may be developing a mobile …

Amazon Air makes first delivery by DRONE 13 MINUTES after it was ordered
8 years, 3 months ago

Amazon Air makes first delivery by DRONE 13 MINUTES after it was ordered

Daily Mail  

Amazon Air has made its first delivery by drone and claimed it dropped off a package in just 13 minutes. Amazon said it plans to roll out a regular drone air delivery service in the future but that it will be subject to distance and weight restrictions while customers who use it must have a large enough garden for a …

Amazon unveils cargo plane, first of a fleet of 40
8 years, 7 months ago

Amazon unveils cargo plane, first of a fleet of 40

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon is to launch its …

Google says delivery-by-drone possible within a few years
9 years, 2 months ago

Google says delivery-by-drone possible within a few years

Live Mint  

Washington: Product delivery-by-drone in urban areas may be possible within a few years if the US government and the aviation industry agree to work cooperatively on the new technology, the chief of Google Inc.’s drone cargo project said Monday. The swift adoption of a registration system for small unmanned aircraft, begun 21 December to capture holiday gift buying, is a …

Amazon gives glimpse at new delivery drone design
9 years, 3 months ago

Amazon gives glimpse at new delivery drone design

China Daily  

Amazon provided a glimpse into the future of online shopping in a video of a new delivery drone that racked up more than 2 million views by mid-Monday. A playful video presentation featuring former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson showed an Amazon quad-copter drone flying to the rescue with new girls' soccer shoes to replace ones chewed to pieces by …

See The Amazon Drone That Will Deliver In 30 Minutes Or Less
9 years, 3 months ago

See The Amazon Drone That Will Deliver In 30 Minutes Or Less

Huff Post  

If Amazon's same-day delivery isn't quite fast enough for you, the company says its planned drone service will bring lightweight products directly to your home in 30 minutes or less. "It looks like science fiction, but it's real," Amazon wrote in an online FAQ released with the video. "In time, there will be a whole family of Amazon drones," says …

Amazon releases video showcasing unmanned delivery drones
9 years, 3 months ago

Amazon releases video showcasing unmanned delivery drones

Live Mint  

New York: Amazon has unveiled what its unmanned drones for package delivery would look like with a video launched on Sunday on the prototype of technology it announced two years ago. The promotional clip, narrated by television show host Jeremy Clarkson, shows a family receiving in about 30 minutes replacement soccer shoes for the one chewed up by its dog. …

Amazon unveils hybrid drone prototype to make deliveries within 30 minutes
9 years, 3 months ago

Amazon unveils hybrid drone prototype to make deliveries within 30 minutes

Raw Story  

Amazon has unveiled a new hybrid delivery drone that can fly both vertically, as a helicopter capable of landing in customers’ backyards, and horizontally like a conventional plane. Related: Amazon tests delivery drones at secret Canada site after US frustration The online retail giant released a video on Sunday in which the prototype is introduced by the former BBC presenter …

Amazon Offers New Glimpse Of What Its Drone Delivery Could Look Like
9 years, 3 months ago

Amazon Offers New Glimpse Of What Its Drone Delivery Could Look Like

NPR  

Amazon Offers New Glimpse Of What Its Drone Delivery Could Look Like YouTube Amazon has released a glimpse of what its much-anticipated drone deliveries could look like, although it warns the service is still very much in a testing phase. You may recall that in 2013, Amazon released this video of what it envisioned the delivery drone might look like: …

Amazon drone delivery proposal now patented
9 years, 10 months ago

Amazon drone delivery proposal now patented

CNN  

Washington CNN — Delivering packages wherever you want it, through the air, via drone in just 30 minutes – that’s Amazon’s vision and the company just made another step forward. On the heels of getting FAA permission for experimental test flights in the United States in March, the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has published Amazon’s patent application for its …

Google reveals delivery drones to take on Amazon's package dropping project
10 years, 6 months ago

Google reveals delivery drones to take on Amazon's package dropping project

Daily Mail  

Hybrid 'tail sitter' design has wings for fast forward flight, and rotors for hovering for delivery and take-off and landing Google has built and tested self flying drones designed to deliver packages. Scroll down for video Google has already tested the drone delivery system in Australia HOME DELIVERY Eventually Google said it could use unmanned flying vehicles to deliver shopping …

Amazon seeks permission to use drones in the US skies
10 years, 8 months ago

Amazon seeks permission to use drones in the US skies

Firstpost  

Amazon is asking the Federal Aviation Administration permission to use drones as part of its plan to deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less. The online retailer created a media frenzy in December when it outlined a plan on CBS’ “60 Minutes” to deliver packages with self-guided aircrafts that seemed straight out of science fiction. The Seattle company …

Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Is Seriously Serious About Drone Deliveries
10 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Is Seriously Serious About Drone Deliveries

Wired  

In the beginning, Amazon was a lot like any other startup. "Nineteen years ago, I drove the Amazon packages to the post office every evening in the back of my Chevy Blazer," Bezos writes in his latest annual letter to shareholders. "The Prime Air team is already flight testing our 5th and 6th generation aerial vehicles, and we are in …

Amazon's delivery drones: An idea that may not fly – Firstpost
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's delivery drones: An idea that may not fly – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Jeff Bezos’ idea to let self-guided drones deliver packages may be too futuristic for Washington to handle…. “We’d be surprised if the FAA ever let this fly in the States - but we will surely stay tuned to see where this all goes.” Matt Waite, a journalism professor at the University of Nebraska and head of the university’s Drone Journalism …

Amazon's Prime Air drones: The Internet is already mocking it
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's Prime Air drones: The Internet is already mocking it

Firstpost  

While Amazon and Bezos are talking about a futuristic form of delivery, the Internet is already mocking Amazon’s idea of delivery from drones. Amazon announced that it would be launching Prime Air, a new form of delivery via drones. While Amazon and Bezos are talking about this futuristic form of delivery, the Internet is already mocking Amazon’s idea of delivery …

Amazon's Prime Air drones: The Internet is already mocking it
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's Prime Air drones: The Internet is already mocking it

Firstpost  

While Amazon and Bezos are talking about a futuristic form of delivery, the Internet is already mocking Amazon’s idea of delivery from drones. Amazon announced that it would be launching Prime Air, a new form of delivery via drones. While Amazon and Bezos are talking about this futuristic form of delivery, the Internet is already mocking Amazon’s idea of delivery …

Are Amazon's delivery drones just a cheap PR stunt?
11 years, 3 months ago

Are Amazon's delivery drones just a cheap PR stunt?

Firstpost  

Amazon won Cyber Monday with Jeff Bezos’ sensational reveal that Amazon was planning to get customers their goods in 30 minutes or less - by drone. He states that the ‘cool’ reveal by Bezos is also an attempt to offset the damage to his image caused by_Businessweek_ reporter Brad Stone in his book,The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age …

Amazon's delivery-via-drones plan: 3 reasons why you won't see it soon
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's delivery-via-drones plan: 3 reasons why you won't see it soon

Firstpost  

In a television interview over the weekend, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed his latest attempt in ensuring the online marketplace stays ahead of its competitors - Prime Air where orders are delivered by drones that too within 30 minutes of the customer placing the order. Interestingly, Bezos is not the only one to conceive such an eccentric idea.An Australian book …

Amazon's delivery-via-drones plan: 3 reasons why you won't see it soon
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's delivery-via-drones plan: 3 reasons why you won't see it soon

Firstpost  

In a television interview over the weekend, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed his latest attempt in ensuring the online marketplace stays ahead of its competitors - Prime Air where orders are delivered by drones that too within 30 minutes of the customer placing the order. Interestingly, Bezos is not the only one to conceive such an eccentric idea.An Australian book …

Amazon testing 30-minute deliveries using drones, Jeff Bezos reveals
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon testing 30-minute deliveries using drones, Jeff Bezos reveals

Firstpost  

So now your favourite book will reach your doorstep along with your pizza. The company is now testing delivery packages using drones, CEO Jeff Bezos has announced. On the CBS television programme 60 Minutes, Bezos announced that Amazon is currently testing delivery packages with the help of drones. The Federal Aviation Administration is actively working on rules for unmanned aerial …

Amazon sees delivery drones as future[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon sees delivery drones as future[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Amazon's "Prime Air" will provide delivery service using drones, which can bring goods up to 5 pounds to customers in 30 minutes or less if they are within a 16-km radius of Amazon's so-called fulfillment centers, said CEO Jeff Bezos. It's not," Bezos told Charlie Rose on CBS News' "60 Minutes" show on Sunday night, demonstrating video of a buzzing, …

Amazon testing delivery with drones
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon testing delivery with drones

China Daily  

Workers handle items for delivery at Amazon's new distribution center in Brieselang, near Berlin November 28, 2013. The world's largest e-commerce company said it's working on a way to get customers their goods in 30 minutes or less by drone. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a primetime interview that while the octocopters look like something out of science fiction, …

Amazon Reveals It Wants To Deploy Delivery Drones. No Joke.
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon Reveals It Wants To Deploy Delivery Drones. No Joke.

Huff Post  

Amazon offering delivery on Sunday was only the beginning. In an interview with Charlie Rose on Sunday's episode of "60 Minutes," Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the giant online store is developing a drone-based delivery service called Prime Air. According to Bezos, Prime Air would be able to get customers their products only a half-hour after they click …

Amazon's Drone Has Many Asking 'What Could Go Wrong?'
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's Drone Has Many Asking 'What Could Go Wrong?'

NPR  

Amazon's Drone Has Many Asking 'What Could Go Wrong?' Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP The news that Amazon is hoping to one day use semi-autonomous drones to deliver small packages to customers has many asking a familiar question: What could go wrong? On All Things Considered, NPR's Brian Naylor reports that one challenge Amazon would have to overcome …

Amazon's drone plan: The real problem everyone's missing
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon's drone plan: The real problem everyone's missing

Salon  

It will be some years before commercial drones whiz through U.S. skies, but as Amazon's latest announcement should make obvious, the application of unmanned aerial systems to commerce is inevitable. Speaking on "60 Minutes" Sunday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the retail giant's long-term plan to have small drones deliver packages. The drone delivery system already reportedly in development, Prime …

Amazon unveils mini-drone delivery system
11 years, 3 months ago

Amazon unveils mini-drone delivery system

Al Jazeera  

The system will use unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver items to households within half an hour of ordering them. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has revealed that his company plans to use “octocopter” mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes. The US retail giant’s ambitious project, announced on Sunday, still requires additional safety testing and federal approval, …

Delivery By Drone? Amazon Says A New Era Looms
11 years, 3 months ago

Delivery By Drone? Amazon Says A New Era Looms

NPR  

Amazon Says A New Era Looms Amazon is looking at drastically reducing its delivery times — to 30 minutes or less — as it plans a new service called Prime Air that it says could debut in a few years. Bezos tells Charlie Rose that Amazon's "octocopters" could be airborne within four to five years, using GPS coordinates to find …

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