아마존 닷컴 23일, 美 워싱턴주에서 소형 배달 로봇 테스트 발표 VIDEO: Amazon to test delivery robots on Seattle-area sidewalks

Amazon to test delivery robots on Seattle-area sidewalks

24 Jan, 2019  Washington Post  

By: Spencer Soper, Matt Day


Amazon.com will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that's a labor-intensive and costly component of buying products online.


Amazon Scout is a fully-electric delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices. / Amazon




 

아마존 닷컴 23일, 美 워싱턴주에서 소형 배달 로봇 테스트 발표. 


바퀴 6개 사용, 걷는 속도로 자동주행


   아마존닷컴은 온라인상에서 물건을 구입하는 노동집약적이고 비용이 많이 드는 요소인 배달의 마지막 구간을 자동화하기 위한 가장 최근의 테스트인 시애틀 북쪽의 교외에서 물건을 배달하기 위해 로봇을 사용할 예정이다.


아마존은 16일 보행속도로 인도를 따라 굴러가는 쿨러 크기의 자동배송기 '아마존 스카우트(Amazon Scout)'의 시범 계획을 발표했다.


스노호미시 카운티에 물건을 배달하기 위해 사람과 애완동물과 같은 장애물을 탐색하기 위해 고안된 6개의 바퀴달린 로봇을 사용할 것이며 이 로봇은 월요일에서 금요일까지 낮 시간 동안 배달하는 데 사용될 것이다.


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The e-commerce giant on Wednesday announced a trial of "Amazon Scout," autonomous delivery devices the size of a cooler that roll along sidewalks at a walking pace.




It will use six robots, which are designed to navigate around obstacles such as people and pets, to deliver packages in Snohomish County. The robots will be used to make deliveries Monday through Friday during daylight hours.


Using robots to make deliveries outside on city streets will be much more challenging than most current common uses, such as moving items around in warehouses, hospitals and hotels that are well-lit and have level floors, said Dan Kara, vice president of robotics at WTWH Media.


Outside, robots encounter extreme weather conditions, steep inclines, curbs and other problems that present significant engineering challenges.


"These might work in a brand new neighborhood that is well lit and has new sidewalks, but most of the world isn't like that and neither is most of the United States," Kara said. "Congratulations for experimenting, but in terms of full implementation, I don't see that any time soon."


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Amazon already uses robots to move inventory in its vast network of warehouses and has been working on delivery by autonomous drone for years. The experiment brings the technology to a job mostly handled by people, including drivers with United Parcel Service Inc. and the US Postal Service.


About 1.4 million people were employed as delivery truck drivers in 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Amazon last year launched a program to encourage people to start their own businesses delivering packages in vans to help expand capacity and reduce its reliance on UPS and FedEx Corp.




Startups experimenting with similar robots include Kiwi, which is using robots to make deliveries on the campus of University of California at Berkeley. Savioke makes robots used to deliver items in hotels and hospitals.


And Starship Technologies said this week that George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, would use 25 of its autonomous robots to deliver food to students.

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