Today, everything is a stone’s throw away. From our pizzas to our headphones, we have our necessities at our doorsteps in no time. As if that wasn’t enough, Amazon has now delivered a package by a drone, just 13 minutes after the order was placed. The order, an Amazon Fire TV Box and a bag of popcorn, was delivered to a customer named Richard B near Cambridge, England.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and chief executive, proudly shared the news on Twitter:
First-ever #AmazonPrimeAir customer delivery is in the books. 13 min—click to delivery. Check out the video: http://amzn.to/primeair
The delivery was done in the rural countryside near Cambridge, an area that has been authorized for drone test flights by British aviation.
Amazon published a video explaining how the fully autonomous delivery was made, without any human pilot.
The use of drones and autonomous machines is being eyed by companies like Amazon as a great way to not only expand their user base and increase efficiency but to also lower the cost of delivery of small packages. Amazon Prime Air aims at speedy delivery of packages through unmanned aerial vehicles.
Drone deliveries have been made by companies like Flirtey and Project Wing in the past, and it remains to be seen how effective the system proves to be, considering the vehicles are unmanned.
Twitterati had its doubts though:
@ivanandriollo @JeffBezos …alternatively, plot a path that avoids dangerous or sensitive areas?
Silly thing to get worked up about
@stroughtonsmith @JeffBezos unfortunately drones are the worst idea of the millennium. They will break and kill people. Software is buggy.
@stroughtonsmith @JeffBezos unfortunately drones are the worst idea of the millennium. They will break and kill people. Software is buggy.
@stroughtonsmith @JeffBezos as soon as they proliferate, a sudden hailstorm would bring them down in droves. The tech is nowhere near there!
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