Amazon bets on GPS-driven drones to deliver goods on your door-step
The octocopters would pick up a yellow box containing the customer’s order, and use GPS coordinates to fly directly to the customer’s address, dropping the box in front of the house. The drones are being tested and Bezos sees this delivery scheme become a reality within a few years.
He said that one of the most difficult challenges would be to convince the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) that these drones do not impact air safety negatively. Today, small drones are not permitted to fly in U.S. airspace without special permission, then there are also concerns about privacy issues, especially with camera-equipped drones.
Another argument in favour of these drones, from Amazon’s perspective, would be the low cost of delivery for small packages (about 85% of Amazon’s deliveries), as it would be nearly fully automated, with no truck neither any driver on the road. These drones would burn far less petrol than any delivery van.
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