One small delivery for a man, one giant leap for drone kind [WATCH]
by Mae Anderson, The Associated Press
13-minute flight, package drop off marks inaugural Amazon drone delivery
ATLANTA—Drone delivery has begun.
Earlier this month, a bag of popcorn, along with an Amazon Fire TV stick, left a Cambridge warehouse in the U.K. and 13 minutes later, both were accepted by an Amazon customer, one of two who had agreed to be part of the test program.
A video posted by Amazon shows a fully autonomous drone, no humans involved, taking off from the warehouse and flying over fields to deposit the package just outside the customer’s home.
Using drones, the company aims to make deliveries in 30 minutes or less. Packages must weigh five pounds or less and can only be delivered during the day and in clear weather. The Seattle-based company plans to expand the trial to hundreds of users.
Watch the company’s first Prime Air delivery:
