When Amazon started out, people said that the concept wouldn’t work, as people wanted their items now, not 3-7 days later. Fast forward a few years later, and Amazon Prime promised to deliver your goods in two-day for a flat yearly fee. These days, you can get delivery in as little as a few hours!
So what is next for the e-tailing giant? No, its not the Amazon Prime Air delivery drones that we have been eagerly waiting for, but a fully-electric, six-wheeled autonomous delivery robot called Amazon Scout.
The size of a small cooler, these little critters roll along sidewalks at a walking pace, alerting a customer when they’ve arrived so they can retrieve their order. Conceptually, it works much the same way the self-driving Domino’s pizza delivery car does.
The Gotham Reporter 