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 method will be needed to let law enforcement identify drones flying over people — federal officials are worried about their use by terrorists. "People like DHL and the rest of them, 'Hey, we can deliver via drone this parcel package to this island,' but that's not the original vision that Amazon presented," Snow says.

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The army of robots that could replace the food delivery man: How AI droids could soon take groceries to millions of homes across Britain as Amazon UK announces new drone scheme (but beware of the bots
1 year, 5 months ago

The army of robots that could replace the food delivery man: How AI droids could soon take groceries to millions of homes across Britain as Amazon UK announces new drone scheme (but beware of the bots

Daily Mail  

Delivery workers could soon be axed in favour of robots bringing shopping to our front doors at the click of a button - with drones also set to drop off Amazon packages for Britons. Starship Technologies are sending robots in the place of humans to deliver groceries around the world The robots are operating in UK locations such as Cambridge, …

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 …

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  

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‘Amazon Prime Air’ drone service launched in US: All you need to know
2 years, 3 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 …

Drone deliveries set for big takeoff as cos take advantage of relaxed norms
2 years, 10 months ago

Drone deliveries set for big takeoff as cos take advantage of relaxed norms

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI :From 10 June, Redcliffe Labs will start using drones to carry medical test samples twice daily from its collection centres in the remote corners of Uttarkashi to its laboratories in Dehradun. Experts said the healthcare industry will be the first large-scale adopter of commercial drone delivery after the government liberalized rules for operating drones last August. The drone …

Amazon wins FAA approval to deliver packages by drone
4 years, 7 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 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 …

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 …

Amazon’s dream of drone delivery gets closer with Donald Trump order
7 years, 5 months ago

Amazon’s dream of drone delivery gets closer with Donald Trump order

Live Mint  

Washington: Drone deliveries got a step closer to reality as the White House issued an order giving local governments more authority to conduct tests of the burgeoning new technology. Trump’s order, a response to calls from companies making and using drones, will allow local governments to apply to the Federal Aviation Administration for waivers allowing them to conduct tests of …

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 Is Dead Serious About Delivering Your Goodies by Drone
8 years 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 …

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 …

Delivery drones cannot deliver the goods[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 11 months ago

Delivery drones cannot deliver the goods[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

LI FENG/CHINA DAILY The crisis caused by e-bike traffic bans in several Chinese cities makes one wonder if new generations of drones might take the place of urban couriers. Visions of some modern futuristic megacity with skies filled high, low and wide with nifty drones delivering South Korean cosmetics, urgent medicines and nanochip upgrades make for a nice place to …

See The Amazon Drone That Will Deliver In 30 Minutes Or Less
9 years, 4 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, 4 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 Offers New Glimpse Of What Its Drone Delivery Could Look Like
9 years, 4 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 proposes drones-only airspace for delivery: Report
9 years, 8 months ago

Amazon proposes drones-only airspace for delivery: Report

Firstpost  

It is known to all that Amazon has had a keen interest in delivering packages. Taking a step further, the company has unveiled a proposal to designate a portion of the airspace above suburbs and cities for drone delivery. A report by The Wall Street Journal points out that the Amazon proposal is part of a broader push to develop …

Amazon insists federal rules apply to US deliveries by drone
9 years, 9 months ago

Amazon insists federal rules apply to US deliveries by drone

Live Mint  

Washington: Amazon.com, seeking to bolster its efforts to deliver products via drone, said on Tuesday that states and local communities should not be allowed to regulate unmanned aerial systems authorized by federal aviation regulators. “Uniform federal rules must apply,” Paul Misener, the e-commerce retailer’s vice president for global public policy, said in written testimony released by a US House of …

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 …

'Parcelcopter' drone will fly medicine and urgent goods to a remote German island
10 years, 6 months ago

'Parcelcopter' drone will fly medicine and urgent goods to a remote German island

Daily Mail  

Drones could soon be delivering everything from drugs to clothing, if companies such as Amazon and Google have their way. And now that vision has come a step closer to reality after DHL was granted permission to carry out the first ever authorised drone delivery in Europe. Pictured is DHL's parcelcopter The drone is designed to deliver medication and other …

Google reveals delivery drones to take on Amazon's package dropping project
10 years, 7 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 will deliver your Diwali gift by drones in just 90 mins of placing order
10 years, 7 months ago

Amazon will deliver your Diwali gift by drones in just 90 mins of placing order

Firstpost  

Mobiles and books will be delivered within 90 minutes to three hours of an order being placed. According to a report in_The Economic Times,_Amazon is planning to kick startitsdelivery bydrones or unmanned aerial vehicles in these cities this Diwali.Indiawill bethe first market in the world where Amazon is launching thisservice–even before the US.It also showstheconfidence the online-shopping behemoth has in …

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 …

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  

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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 …

US aviation rules may ground Amazon’s drone delivery plans
11 years, 3 months ago

US aviation rules may ground Amazon’s drone delivery plans

Live Mint  

Washington/Dallas: Book and food deliveries by drones, such as those unveiled by Amazon.com Inc. chief executive officer Jeff Bezos, may be grounded under rules US regulators are writing. Small drones, like the one demonstrated by Bezos on CBS’s 60 Minutes news programme, are expected to have separate rules requiring they be flown within sight of an operator and only in …

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'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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