Amazon has released a video of the first drone delivery in Italy. The experiment took place in San Salvo, a municipality in Abruzzo. The package left the Amazon warehouse with a drone and was dropped off in the courtyard of a property.
The package leaves the warehouse aboard a droneis left with a discreet grace on the courtyard of the house. The owner takes the package and the drone returns to the warehouse. This sequence returns for more than ten years in the program presentation videos Amazon for drone delivery. The drones change, the colors change, the shapes of the packages change. It doesn’t change the idea. In Italy the start of the trial was set for 2024.
On December 4, Amazon announced that it had completed the first test for delivery with drones on Italian territory. The test took place in Abruzzo: the package was delivered by air to a house in municipality of San Salvoprovince of Chieti. A small town from just under 20,000 inhabitants. The silent video released to the press is interesting.
How Amazon drone delivery works
The drone used for the delivery of Amazon is a MK-30. Six propellers, good dimensions and above all an internal compartment to accommodate packages. It can carry up to 2.5 kg. There is a curious detail in the video. The drone does not touch the ground in the house where it is supposed to deliver the package. It stops about a meter from the surface and then drops everything to the ground. Hoping that no one has been chosen for the test delivery order of glasses. All flying takes place in automatic modethe drone is not remote controlled
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When Prime Air will officially launch in Italy
At the moment, let’s clarify, there is still no official day for thestart of the Prime Air project. That’s what the drone delivery plan was called. It’s hard to think about that be applied throughout Italy. In large cities it would be a bit difficult to move between the roofs of buildings. It is more likely to remain confined to rural areas.
The important data for this test it is another. According to Amazon this first experiment was done with the green light from ENACthe National Civil Aviation Authority. An important bureaucratic step. Permits are essential to start this project, although there will certainly still be years before we see flocks of drones darkening the skies for Black Friday.
