BOSTON (UNITED STATES), Nov. 11 (Portaltic/EP) –
Amazon has presented its new MK30 delivery drone, a device that improves the capabilities of the previous model, MK27-2, and that promises to be 10 percent lighter and 25 percent less noisy than its predecessor.
The company has unveiled the features of this new product at the event ‘Delivering the Future’held this Thursday in Boston (United States), where he has also made a demonstration of the work of his new mechanical arm Sparrowone of its latest innovations in the section on robotics applied to logistics.
Throughout the presentation, Amazon has insisted that it is currently focused on two aspects: improving the efficiency of its production processes, using its latest advances in robotics, and expedite the preparation of packages and deliveries.
To show this last approach, it has presented what will be its next generation of delivery drones, the MK30. The manufacturer has commented that in the last ten years it has been investing and working in this area and that, as a result of this work, released MK27-2, its predecessor, an electric drone capable of delivering packages of less than 1.5 kilos to customers in less than an hour.
At the moment, he has only tested this device in the populations of Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas. which will also be the first to receive deliveries from the Prime Air program when it is operational, expected in 2024.
According to Amazon, the new MK30 drone differs from the previous one for its lightness, since it is 10 percent less heavy, as well as for being 25 percent less noisy. It is also more tolerant of higher temperatures and can fly in drizzle, so it can be used in less favorable weather conditions.
Unlike its predecessor, this drone is capable of identifying distances and safely avoid both objects such as aircraft, people, pets or other obstacles that may get in the way.
The company hopes that this drone, which will undergo evaluation checks by aerospace agencies and authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration to demonstrate its safety and reliability, can deliver packages in less than an hour. However, this time can be shorten up to 30 minutes in certain cases.
Finally, the manufacturer has commented that it is working on a delivery circuit and that the new drone can make a tour of three miles per ride (round trip).
In addition, he has pointed out that he expects to be able to deliver 500 million packages by drones annually by the end of this decade and that plans to operate in highly populated areaslike Atlanta or Seattle, also in the United States.
TECHNOLOGY IN DELIVERY ROUTES
Along with the introduction of a new drone for time-sensitive package delivery, Amazon has stressed that it is constantly planning delivery routes that are safe for drivers and the communities they deliver to.
Its goal is to register zero carbon emissions in all its companies by 2040 and, for this, it has a team of software developers, scientists, data engineers and product managers capable of designing more than 148,000 daily routes.
In this sense, the vice president of Amazon Last Mile Delivery Technology, Bery Tomay, has commented that to create a map of real and safe route alternativesthe company studies aspects such as traffic signals or those included in the asphalt.
For this, it is also used Fleet Edge, a computer integrated into the delivery vans that have a camera to visualize the streets, as well as a GPS device that collects images and allows those maps to be created.
Likewise, the fleet of some logistics centers in the United States is also testing the system keyless entrya keyless entry method that makes it easier to open the vehicle and prevents the delivery person from having to put a heavy package on the ground to get the key out and open it.
That way, the system locks the car automatically when you walk away (specifically, when you have taken five steps) and reopens when the delivery person is close to the van again.
