{"id":1798,"date":"2016-12-13T08:52:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T08:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2023-07-09T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T13:17:56","slug":"amazon-first-commercial-drone-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/amazon-first-commercial-drone-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Lunches First Commercial Drone Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A<\/strong><strong>mazon CEO Jeff Bezo<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong>&nbsp;announced via Twitter that the company&nbsp;<strong>delivered a package by a drone on December 7<\/strong>. It was the&nbsp;<strong>first commercial order<\/strong>&nbsp;from a customer in the UK Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The package with an Amazon Fire tablet and a bag of popcorn was\u00a0<strong>delivered only 13 minutes after the order was placed<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Prime Air drone. The reason that the delivery took place in Cambridgeshire and not in the US is because Amazon a few months ago opened a test center in Cambridge, the US aviation authority imposed too\u00a0<strong>many restrictions<\/strong>\u00a0when it comes to conducting field tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazon Prime Air\u2019s First Customer Delivery\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vNySOrI2Ny8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers served by the drone will extend to &#8220;a few dozen&#8221; in the coming months. The rules for autonomous flying drones are too strict, and&nbsp;<strong>fly over buildings and roads is another stumbling block<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Amazon drones can<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>carry packets to about 2.5 kg<\/strong>. For navigation it uses GPS. There is no need for the pilot to sit at the controls. For the delivery itself, the point is marked by a customer, for example, which is laid in the garden. A camera on the drone records that point and puts off the package. The\u00a0<strong>range of the drone is around 3 kilometers<\/strong>\u00a0(one way).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Amazon-Prime-Air-drone-2-600x400-358x239.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE LAST MILE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, drone delivery is seen as a godsend when it comes to the&nbsp;<strong>supply of hardly accessible locations<\/strong>. For emergency, it is logical to deploy drones. For delivering regular orders drones in the future may only be used to bridge the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;last&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>mile<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>, ranging from the van to the customer. This last piece in the delivery chain is the most time-consuming and therefore costly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos&nbsp;announced via Twitter that the company&nbsp;delivered a package by a drone on December 7. 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