Amazon enlisted British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson — known for his former gig co-hosting TV showTop Gear — to narrate a scene depicting the company’s vision of the delivery future: when your “naughty, naughty” bulldog eats your daughter’s soccer cleat before the big game, Prime Air could come in handy by bringing a replacement set of footwear through the air from a warehouse and setting it down in the family yard. All in 30 minutes or less, Amazon says.
“In time there will be a whole family of Amazon drones, different designs for different environments,” Clarkson says in the footage, while the drone coasts over a suburban landscape. “This one can fly for 15 miles,” he says. “And it knows what’s happening around it. It uses ‘sense and avoid’ technology to, well, sense and then avoid obstacles on the ground and in the air.”
Compared to Amazon’s first delivery drone video, released in December 2013, the new version of the aircraft appears to fly higher and seems more stable.
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Can't wait to do target practice with my new air rifle!!! If it flies over my property, its fair game!!!
You go Gomer! Amazon has enough money and clout that there will be laws passed making it a felony to interfere with a delivery drone. Trust me, it's in the works.
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