With the increase in consumer demands, firms are constantly
looking for new ways to enhance the shopping experience and to deliver products
on time. For instance, Amazon is
working on some technology that would eliminate drivers altogether.
According to reports, the e-commerce giant might soon
introduce self-driving vehicles in
the UK. Apparently, it is looking to hire a team of engineers that will work on
its Amazon Scout robots. These are small machines that can drive themselves to
deliver products. They roll along the pavement at walking pace before getting
to clients’ door.
To ensure that this delivery system is safe, the
vehicles are equipped with cameras and sensors. This will help them navigate
around pedestrians, pets and obstacles such as bins and sign posts. This
solution is already being tested in the US in small areas such as outside
Amazon's headquarters in Washington State. Engineers in the UK are going to work
in collaboration with the firm’s Scout research lab in Seattle to develop this
system and introduce it in the country.
The company advanced, “Our investment in this new Amazon
Scout team in the UK, which will consist of dozens of engineers, is
driven by our partnership with the Cambridge community and made possible by the
talented people who live here”.
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