Amazon Prime Air, here is the drone that could revolutionize the world of deliveries

Amazon revealed its Prime Air delivery drone's recent version. It is a hybrid aircraft that can take off with vertical maneuvers and land at elevated speeds at the same moment. The firm has stated that it intends to launch a fresh vehicle-based delivery service from the next few months, but has not yet proclaimed where and what it will be.

During the lecture, held during the Re: MARS conference in Las Vegas, Amazon's Jeff Wilke also spoke about safety: "We understand that clients will only be at ease when the system is extremely safe," his words. In reality, according to Wilke, the new drone is going to be "solid and stable as a business aircraft," a declaration that has yet to be proven since it is still a technology in its infancy.

The new drone utilizes thermal cameras, deep cameras and even a sonar to identify potential hazards and barriers. You can use machine learning models to anticipate and get around with any flight issues in a timely manner. Paragliders, power lines and any pets will be handled from time to time in an appropriate manner once they have arrived in the yard to ensure that the package is delivered to the user in complete safety.

Amazon also chose to cover the drone's rotors with tiny supports that operate at elevated speeds as wings during flight. The car utilizes six propellers, not four, to provide the maneuvers with a higher degree of dynamism, and all the propellers can be directed to handle the velocity, whether you're flying or landing and take-off. Instead, the packages will be transferred in the fuselage in the aircraft's middle.

With the new car, Amazon confirms its delivery objective via drone, which is to deliver packages weighing up to 2,5 kg to 25 km in less than 30 minutes. The weight limit may seem like a heavy limitation, but in fact it only sacrifices 25 to 10 percent of demanded deliveries on the e-commerce portal. However, when Prime Air services based on the latest technology will effectively be made accessible to the public, Amazon stayed rather vague.

Wilke said only that "it's a matter of months," and the fact that the drone has yet to be approved by the FAA should not be underestimated, even though the firm pointed out that it consists of individual parts that the association has already approved. Prime Air was first announced in 2013, it must be said, and faced several logistics and regulatory issues. The first drone delivery was finished in 2016 alone, although there were a few isolated instances and not a periodic service that customers could choose from.

In brief, organizing a complete delivery service via drone has proven to be a much more arduous job over time than launching a car capable of doing so. We'll see if Amazon succeeds in keeping its commitments (and when).