How Amazon Drone Delivery Will Work

It’s well over a decade since Amazon launched its Prime delivery service; in fact it was 2007 when the company first introduced us to unlimited next-day shipping on what was at the time almost a million products. But in 13 years, we have seen little change. That is, until recently.

Many areas now offer same-day delivery, but behind closed doors Amazon had been working on an ambitious plan to realise almost instant delivery. The goal? Just 30 minutes, from the click of the ‘order now’ button to the tangible products, in our hands.

Every delivery company can agree that the final mile or so of a product’s journey is the most expensive. As it leaves a shipping container, and steps away from the lorry’s vessel, it enters the smallest vehicle yet - vans, and sometimes cars. Rather than carrying millions of products, a driver can now only carry a few dozen. Employing thousands of drivers comes at incredible cost to shipping companies.

[qrlrichydude]

So when I buy a drone a drone will deliver my drone

[ethanwcheatham]

How Amazon Drone Delivery Will Work
- "It's safe to say we don't know at this point"

[mmoarchives]

how amazon drone delivery will work:
step 1: order the item
step 2: the drone flies to the location
step 3: someone with a shotgun shoots down the drone with the package
step 4: catch the falling drone with a butterfly net
step 5: resell on ebay

[ACrypticGod]

Ayo boys, it’s drone hunting season...

[darryldee]

I don't know, if this happens then we may be getting another, whole new type of traffic noise.

[goatlady]

I can just imagine sitting on my porch watching a beautiful sunset with thousands of drones buzzing around.

[e.a.c]

More unemployment. I like a van and a human driver to deceiver my packages. I do not like the drone at all i have a happy drivers who delivers my packages. Poor will always be poor. Rich will always be rich. Drone will not be able to carry a heavy one

[topphatt]

I think those drone nest things would look so cool when you drive by one and you see a bunch of drones docking and leaving the nest

[Chepecafeteria]

When they start delivering using drones, i will order a drone. So a drone will deliver my drone😜🤣

[anugupta]

In India this drone is capture by the people ..😂or break by the stone

[commandocol]

And there goes thousands of jobs just to make one guy richer! I will be boycotting Amazon and doing my best to support my community

[shanellegracesebello]

Great advantage but sadly delivery guys might lose their jobs

[mohamed]

watching this made me scared of what the future will become

[mattfoley]

Drone delivery: Think “skeet” with propellers 😎

[savetheclimate]

So does that mean that you get a free drone with every order on Amazon?

[ivanprtoljan]

I work as Amazon delivery guy in Germany :) I hope goverments will give us all money when we all loose jobs in all professions

[bruh-ltbi]

yeah fuck that id rather just get the package later. I can wait a few extra days if it means a delivery guy can keep his job

[paulbelissont]

Cities will be unstainable with constant Mosquito Drone Noise all day long lol

[chasep]

There's cameras on those things, why are ppl so obsessed with vandalizing drones? It's a fine or jail time just like any other property you damage

[alphadrone-aerialimagery]

Remote ID and a UTM will have to be implemented before drone delivery or BVLOS operations move from testing/POC to a scalable service.