Amazon Wins Patent For A Flying Warehouse That Would Deliver Packages Door To Door Using Drones
Ceage SottoAn Amazon patent reveals the company's plans to create an "airborne fulfillment center (AFC)." It's described as a flying warehouse that delivers customer packages with the help of independent drones.
According to USA Today, the patent was first uncovered by CB Insights analyst Zoe Leavitt. In the patent's illustrations, the AFC will be hovering at high altitude while separate drones will be doing the deliveries.
The concept is similar to "Starcraft's" Protoss Carrier airship, but instead of air raids, the drones will deliver your pre-ordered items. The new patent will drastically improve Amazon's customer service and take it to a new level.
The patent also indicated that the flying warehouse can deliver inventory to any location. It will also be able to carry Amazon employees in the near future.
Amazon has not yet commented on the patent and we are not sure if the current vehicle indicated in the patents will be part of the company's final design. So far the images show the AFC as a large blimp-like aircraft.
The patent also mentions the possibility of the "airborne fulfillment center as an advertising medium. In the patent, Amazon indicated that the AFC can navigate in low altitude to do the advertising.
In a different post from CNBC, the patent for the AFC is not the first patent that includes drone delivery. In July, a different patent showed how Amazon was thinking about tall structures working as docking stations for the delivery drones to recharge. In another patent, The company has also illustrated how drones would talk to each other in delivery routes.
The company has recently delivered its first package using a drone earlier this month. The test was successfully done in the United Kingdom. Prospective buyers that would want to order the Amazon Echo can expect fuss free delivery if the plans would go through in the following years.
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