U.S. technology giant amazon was sent by unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) successfully completed the first single delivery. The unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) from the base of the amazon in Cambridge, from the ground 400 feet (122 meters) the height of the sail, 13 minutes arrived safely at the destination, and delivery of goods successfully.
Joint amazon founder Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) on the \"twitter\" released a short film, confirmed that the amazon air debut. The video is really an eye-opener, but also brings more questions. For example, the video did not mention the unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) take off and arrived at a specific place and distance for the voyage. People can only speculate from the video, a pilot monitored operation is needed to complete the air this \"highly automated\" unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) and use the global positioning system (GPS) to determine the specific location. In addition, the video is not specified minimum needed for unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) landing point.
Previously, amazon says is expected in late 2017, realize standardized unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) express service. However, the service of the audience is limited. Even order the customer has a big enough, can make the unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) landing garden, the weight of the goods and delivery distance must also be considered. In addition, the uav can flight under the sunny weather, meets the rain or snow and ice is had to cancel.
Considering this year all kinds of commercial aviation aircraft accidents occurred frequently, security also become a major concern amazon airfreight service. The amazon, put forward the aircraft \"only 500 feet (152 meters) below the air exclusion zone flight, from most of the manned spacecraft.\" , claiming \"safety first\" amazon will also be using the \"avoid\" induction technology to ensure flight safety, and collect all the flight data in order to better improve its performance.