{"id":55221,"date":"2023-10-20T16:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/prime-time-amazon-shows-off-upgraded-delivery-drone-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:30:26","slug":"prime-time-amazon-shows-off-upgraded-delivery-drone-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/prime-time-amazon-shows-off-upgraded-delivery-drone-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime time: Amazon shows off upgraded delivery drone &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"265\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/l_amazondrone-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_amazondrone-copy\"\/><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane &#8211; no, it\u2019s an Amazon delivery drone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The online retailer today released <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MXo_d6tNWuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video featuring its updated Prime Air drone<\/a>, and it\u2019s a markedly different creation to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/98BIu9dpwHU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the prototype it debuted two years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"445\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MXo_d6tNWuY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While some features remain the same &#8211; the new drone still takes off vertically like a helicopter &#8211; it\u2019s now a sleeker looking aircraft that can fly horizontally, meaning it should be able to transport packages much more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sense-and-avoid technology will stop the drone colliding with other objects, and also allow it to scope out a safe drop zone, with the video showing one shopper leaving an Amazon logo in her front yard where the parcel is neatly laid down.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The video is hosted by former <i>Top Gear<\/i> host Jeremy Clarkson, who tells viewers Amazon are developing a whole range of drones for different environments, some of which have the ability to fly 15 miles and deliver packages in less than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no indication in the video when the drones might take flight but whatever the start date, Prime Air will have to co-operate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the US Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s forthcoming drone regulations<\/a> before its fleet can go up, up and away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane &#8211; no, it\u2019s an Amazon delivery drone. \u00a0 The online retailer today released a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}