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 has safety covered," said Jeff Wilke, who oversees Amazon's retail business. Back in December 2013, Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos told the "60 Minutes" news show that drones would be flying to customer's homes within five years.

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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 …

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 …

The Ice Cream You Ordered Is Here. A Drone Just Delivered It
2 years, 11 months ago

The Ice Cream You Ordered Is Here. A Drone Just Delivered It

Wired  

Up there in the sky! FedEx also announced that it has partnered with the California company Elroy Air to develop its own delivery drone service. Until then, we’ll see if the hype for delivery drones manages to … generate enough thrust to create a sufficient lift vector perpendicular to the airflow direction. The social media company also says it’s testing …

Drones are poised to reshape home design
4 years, 3 months ago

Drones are poised to reshape home design

Live Mint  

Let’s say you want a hamburger. Architects and builders might have to rethink overall home design to accommodate remote delivery, with drone landing pads mounted on curbside mailboxes, built onto rooftops or perched on windowsills. While the possibility of air taxis is years away, “I could see package delivery as happening sooner,” says developer Dan Kodsi, chief executive of Royal …

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 …

UPS adds pickup spots at retailers, seeks to fly more drones
5 years, 8 months ago

UPS adds pickup spots at retailers, seeks to fly more drones

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — United Parcel Service Inc. is responding to the growth in online shopping and pressures for speedy delivery by seeking to expand its drone deliveries and adding thousands of new spots where customers can pick up packages. The Atlanta-based package delivery giant said Tuesday it is adding 12,000 new package pickup locations inside CVS, The Michaels Co. and …

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’

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 …

Google’s Wing Aviation gets FAA OK for drone deliveries
5 years, 11 months ago

Google’s Wing Aviation gets FAA OK for drone deliveries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Google affiliate Wing Aviation has received federal approval allowing it to make commercial deliveries by drone. The approval from the Federal Aviation Administration means that Wing can operate commercial drone flights in part of Virginia, which it plans to begin later this year. Wing said the approval “means that we can begin a commercial service delivering goods from …

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 …

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
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 …

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 …

Wal-Mart testing drones in warehouses to manage inventory
8 years, 9 months ago

Wal-Mart testing drones in warehouses to manage inventory

Daily Mail  

Wal-Mart Stores is testing drones that it says will help it manage its warehouse inventory more efficiently. The smart drones will scour its giant warehouses looking for lost or misplaced stock, and could be rolled out in the next six to nine months across its distribution centers. AMAZON DRONE DELIVERIES COULD BEGIN IN TWO YEARS Drones could be bringing parcels …

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 …

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 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: …

Google aims to begin drone package deliveries in 2017
9 years, 4 months ago

Google aims to begin drone package deliveries in 2017

Live Mint  

Washington: Internet giant Alphabet Inc., the new holding company for Google, expects to begin delivering packages to consumers via drones sometime in 2017, the executive in charge of its drone effort said on Monday. David Vos, the leader for Alphabet’s Project Wing, said his company is in talks with the Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders about setting up an …

Wal-Mart To Challenge Amazon On Drone Delivery
9 years, 5 months ago

Wal-Mart To Challenge Amazon On Drone Delivery

Huff Post  

FABRICE COFFRINI via Getty Images Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with Amazon in using drones to fill and deliver online orders. In addition to having drones take inventory of trailers outside its warehouses and perform other …

Walmart Wants To Test A Drone Delivery Service
9 years, 5 months ago

Walmart Wants To Test A Drone Delivery Service

Huff Post  

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with Amazon in using drones to fill and deliver online orders. In addition to having drones take inventory of trailers outside its warehouses and perform other tasks aimed …

Wal-Mart set to take on Amazon and Google with home delivery drones
9 years, 5 months ago

Wal-Mart set to take on Amazon and Google with home delivery drones

Daily Mail  

Wal-Mart has applied to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories. In addition to having drones take inventory of trailers outside its warehouses and perform other tasks aimed at making its distribution system more efficient, Wal-Mart is asking the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to research drone use in 'deliveries to …

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 30 minute drone delivery will be ready in a year if FAA changes its rules
9 years, 9 months ago

Amazon 30 minute drone delivery will be ready in a year if FAA changes its rules

Daily Mail  

Amazon told Congress its plan to use drones to deliver packages in 30 minutes or less will be ready in a year. When government regulations catch up with emerging technologies, 'it could revolutionize the way people shop for items they need quickly,' said Paul E. Misener, vice president of global public policy for Amazon.com. Scroll down for video When government …

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 …

Amazon gets green light from US regulators for new drone tests
9 years, 11 months ago

Amazon gets green light from US regulators for new drone tests

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Amazon.com Inc. has won approval from US federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve commercial drone testing. The Federal Aviation Administration had earlier given the green light to an Amazon prototype drone in March, but the company told US law makers less than …

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 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 …

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 …

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