E-commerce firm Amazon is continuing its push into the final mile delivery market with the introduction of an autonomous delivery robot, called Scout. Amazon said the robots are “the size of a small cooler” and “roll along sidewalks at a walking pace”.
Initially they will deliver packages to customers’ homes in a neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington. Amazon Scout vice president Sean Scott said: “The Amazon Scout devices will autonomously follow their delivery route but will initially be accompanied by an Amazon employee.
We developed Amazon Scout at our research and development lab in Seattle, ensuring the devices can safely and efficiently navigate around pets, pedestrians and anything else in their path.”