Amazon on Wednesday deployed its first delivery robots, a cohort of six bright blue machines the size of “strollers” that will deliver items to Amazon customers in Snohomish County, Washington, according to a statement from the company.
These are Amazon’s first delivery robots, and they likely will not be the last.
The devices, dubbed “Scout,” will deliver items to customers during daylight hours in the county Monday through Friday starting this week, the company announced. They will follow the delivery route autonomously but will be accompanied by an Amazon employee for now.
“We developed Amazon Scout at our research and development lab in Seattle, ensuring the devices can safely and efficiently navigate around pets, pedestrians and anything else in their path,” Amazon wrote in the statement.
A promotional video of the robots shows a small blue device moving at a walking pace down the sidewalk. When “Scout” appears in front of its destination, a hatch opens up so the customer can retrieve their item.
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Amazon testing delivery by self-driving robots https://t.co/hvTBCr7diO pic.twitter.com/HK1WKd7EUM
— The Hill (@thehill) January 23, 2019
Hmmmm…Tons of questions: Wonder if you are not home? How does Scout know it’s you? Are there other packages in there too? Wonder if someone else helps themselves to your stuff? IMO these will be prone to theft and vandalism. Cute little thing though. It looks like a big cooler on wheels.
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