In order to strengthen its position against its competitors the company is stealthily working on the "octocopter" project in secret research and development lab at its Seattle, Wash. -based headquarters for months.
The implementation of the new technology is not the matter of overnight it might take several years as Bezos said that the company hoped that the 'octopters' will be fully in operation in 'four to five years', with the approval from the US Federal Aviation Authority.
He said that it’s a harder challenge to put Prime Air into commercial use and to meet the standards of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) rules and regulation.
The online retailer Amazon has posted an introductory video on its website that shows the test flight of the Prime Air. In the 80 second video the retailer has shown that a buyer purchases an item form the Amazon. After that the item is placed into a plastic yellow Amazon tagged container. The drone will pick up packages in small buckets at Amazon's fulfillment centers and fly directly to the customers’ home. The Prime Air drone would be available for packages weighing 5 pounds or less, said the company.
Currently, it is not known either the Amazon drone would fly to its destination using GPS coordinates or be guided by an Amazon employee with a headset and controller. Amazon recently declared that it was teaming with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays.
Prime Air is really a tremendous and revolutionary technology. If come into being we will see lots of drones flying over the sky carrying Amazon delivery Box. What is your opinion comment below. you can watch the video below:
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