Amazon is currently testing delivering packages using drones, its CEO said during a television interview on Sunday.
Jeff Bezos revealed on American television station CBS that the drones would be able to deliver packages up to 2.3 kg, representing 86% of what Amazon delivers.
“I know this looks like science fiction. It’s not,” said Bezos as he took the television crew into the project test room. “We can do half-hour delivery.”
The drones, called “octocopters” by Amazon, are powered by an electric motor and can operate within a 16km radius of the distribution centres.
Bezos added that the Federal Aviation Administration were working on regulations for the unmanned craft, and that the Amazon drones could go into service “immediately” after those regulations were passed.
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