09/11/2023
We hosted our annual Delivering the Future event in Seattle, Washington where we showed all the new and improved ways we’re making the delivery experience better for customers and employees alike. Let’s get right into it, shall we?
🔵 Drones! We just revealed our new MK30 drone, which is quieter and can fly twice as far. Prime Air also announced the expansion of drone delivery in more locations in the U.S., (and soon in the U.K. and Italy!). Plus, eligible Amazon Pharmacy customers will now get their medications delivered to their home via drone within 60 minutes, starting with College Station, Texas. 💊
🔵 Robots! We met Sequoia, our new robot system helping to better manage how inventory gets stored and presented in an ergonomically friendly way to employees. We’ll also begin testing Digit, Agility Robotics’ two-legged robot, which can move, grasp, and handle items in novel ways, helping employees move totes. 🗳️
🔵 Sustainable packaging! Our fulfillment center in Euclid, Ohio is the first in the U.S. to fully replace plastic delivery packaging with paper packaging solutions that are curbside recyclable.
🔵 Supporting our communities! We use the same logistics infrastructure, vast inventory, and tech that we use to serve our customers to help areas impacted by natural disasters and crises, and are expanding this by launching new disaster relief hubs in Australia and Japan.
