Drone Amazon

Drone Amazon

Amazon has unveiled a new drone designed for the Express delivery of goods to customers

Amazon, one of the founders of which is the infamous Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos), long already has plans on the organization of service of Express delivery, in which the goods purchased will be delivered to their customers using unmanned aerial vehicles. And the company recently launched a new unmanned aerial vehicle, which, under favorable coincidence of several conditions, can deliver the goods to the buyer within 30 minutes from the time of purchase.

A new drone developed for the Delivery service Prime Air, has larger dimensions than its predecessor. Moreover, its design is that it is hardly possible to describe in one word, differs greatly from the design of its predecessor, which was more or less a traditional quadcopter. This device is designed to work with automatic loading system, and the efficiency of its flight is achieved through the use of hybrid schemes. For vertical takeoff and landing, the apparatus includes horizontal screws, and during level flight it pushes forward one vertically positioned screw located at the rear.

While it is known not too large number of features and characteristics of the new aircraft. The device is able to rise to a height of about 120 meters and fly at a speed of about 90 kilometers per hour. Its control system is supplied with information from cameras and sensors to detect and identify obstacles and avoid them while driving, take-off or landing.

Drone Amazon

In order to avoid transmission of the delivered goods in the wrong hands, Amazon will send a SMS notice to the buyer at some time before delivery. When the UAV will arrive to the destination, he would review the area for the purpose of searching known landmarks. After that, he vertically to land at a location corresponding to the address of the buyer, will leave the package and go immediately back to base.

Representatives of Amazon have reported that this device will be not the only one that will work in their service delivery. The company plans to develop several variants of unmanned vehicles that vary by payload and intended for operation in different climatic zones. It should be noted that the timing of the launch of the delivery service Prime Air Delivery is yet to be determined and the reason for this is the U.S. Office for civil aviation (FAA), which produces fuzzy instructions and rules on private drones used for commercial purposes.