Technology, rules keep Amazon drone delivery in hangar, for now
11 years, 3 months ago

Technology, rules keep Amazon drone delivery in hangar, for now

Firstpost  

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos made a splash on Sunday with his radical plan to deliver goods to millions of its customers’ doors by using a fleet of unmanned drones, but the bold vision is not likely to become a reality this decade. It’s not,” Bezos told Charlie Rose on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” show on Sunday night, demonstrating video of a buzzing, toy-sized chopper delicately dropping a small package on a customer’s patio. Dubbed “Prime Air” by Amazon, the vehicles could be used to deliver packages up to 5 lbs in less than 30 minutes within a 10-mile radius of Amazon’s so-called fulfillment centers, said Bezos. “This is still years away… I don’t want anyone to think this is just around the corner,” said Bezos on “60 Minutes,” acknowledging that the technology needs years of work, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration won’t likely have rules on unmanned vehicles until 2015 at the earliest. “There are many challenges to overcome,” said the IET’s Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal, who is pushing for wider use of unmanned aircraft worldwide.

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What it will be like to live in the UK's first 'Amazon drone town'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What it will be like to live in the UK's first 'Amazon drone town'

Daily Mail  

It is celebrated for its rich engineering heritage and widely known as the birthplace of the modern railway. Amazon's Air Prime drones could soon be delivering parcels to customers in Darlington Amazon still requires permission from the local council and the CAA before flights can begin The future is coming: Darlington is set to become the first town in the …

Dangers to Commercial Shipping Posed by Drones and Mitigation Measures
1 year, 2 months ago

Dangers to Commercial Shipping Posed by Drones and Mitigation Measures

News 18  

The emergence of drone technology has brought about a mix of exciting possibilities and new difficulties in various industries, including the world of commercial shipping. Collision Risks Drones flying near commercial vessels can collide with the ship’s superstructure cargo and navigation and communication system, potentially causing damage. Mitigation Measures for Dangers Posed by Drones Addressing the dangers posed by drones …

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 …

Regulators To Ease Restrictions On Drones, Clearing The Way For More Commercial Uses
6 years, 2 months ago

Regulators To Ease Restrictions On Drones, Clearing The Way For More Commercial Uses

NPR  

Regulators To Ease Restrictions On Drones, Clearing The Way For More Commercial Uses Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Shroyer via AP Michael Shroyer via AP Package delivery by drone is one small step closer to reality today. Federal regulators announced plans Monday to change rules to allow drone operators to fly their unmanned aerial vehicles over populated areas and …

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 …

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 …

Drone mania leads to huge increase in complaints to UK police
7 years, 11 months ago

Drone mania leads to huge increase in complaints to UK police

China Daily  

British authorities have recorded a three-fold increase in complaints about drones since 2015, when 1,237 complaints were recorded. Flying drones within 150 meters of a congested zone and within 50 meters of a person, vessel, or vehicle is not allowed under UK legislation. Operators must keep their drones within their line of sight, which effectively limits them to being within …

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 …

Google exec: Drone deliveries could come in one year
9 years, 2 months ago

Google exec: Drone deliveries could come in one year

CNN  

CNN — Want your favorite beer delivered to your door? Google’s head of “Project Wing,” an initiative to deliver goods to customers by drones, says it’s possible in the next one to three years. The Google executive said the company does not want drones to be a disturbance and maintains they can be operated so quietly people below “won’t even …

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 unveils drone traffic control system at NASA centre | India TV News
9 years, 7 months ago

Amazon unveils drone traffic control system at NASA centre | India TV News

India TV News  

Washington: While the world is looking to deploy drones for delivering groceries to hot piping pizzas, several giants like Amazon and Google are busy developing a drone traffic control system to tackle a scenario when these unmanned aerial vehicles will swarm the skies. On July 28, in the presence of drone-makers, regulators, engineers and others, Amazon unveiled a plan that …

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 …

New rules may prevent drone delivery as proposed by Amazon
10 years, 1 month ago

New rules may prevent drone delivery as proposed by Amazon

Firstpost  

Some highlights of rules proposed Sunday on routine flights by small, commercial drones and on privacy protections when the government uses drones to collect information Some highlights of rules proposed Sunday on routine flights by small, commercial drones and on privacy protections when the government uses drones to collect information: DRONE FLIGHTS —Proposed Federal Aviation Administration regulations would permit commercial …

DGCA yet to formulate regulatory mechanism for private drones
10 years, 1 month ago

DGCA yet to formulate regulatory mechanism for private drones

The Hindu  

Even as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has banned use of drones for commercial purposes, it is yet to formulate a mechanism to regulate their operations in keeping with the associated security concerns. “The incident is, in a way, a confirmation of our concerns over approval for use of drones by private entities without having a regulatory mechanism in …

'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, 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 …

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 …

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 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 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, …

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 …

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 …

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