Amazon recently Stop testing the ScoutSidewalk delivery robot and made Other decisionsIt’s reducing the number of its experimental projects. It looks like Prime Air’s drone development is still strong. The e-commerce giant just released a peek at its next-gen drone. The MK30was made to be lighter than current MK27-2. It will still include six rotors As its predecessor,Based on the images that the e-commerce giant shared, but it doesn’t have a complete hexagonal frame.
The ecommerce giant is expected to be launched in start drone deliveriesIt will be in College Station, Texas, and Lockeford in California later in the year to gauge interest in having their orders flown and delivered to their homes. Amazon will be using MK27-2 for those tests — this model won’t be in service until 2024. MK30 is said to have a greater range than MK27-2, a better temperature tolerance, and the ability to fly in rain. Prime Air’s Flight Science team also designed new propellers which will reduce the drone’s perceived noise by approximately 25%.
The company’s drones aren’t that noisy to begin with —according to the FAA’s draft environmental assessment(PDF). Drone delivery in College Station. The drone’s noise MK27-2 makes would not cause any disturbances and is “not expected” to affect wildlife behavior …” Amazon views reducing the drone’s noise as an engineering challenge. However, it believes all of MK30’s qualities would help customers “choose drone deliveries more often. Although the company did not reveal any specific plans for drone delivery expansion, it promised that the service would be available to more customers over the coming months and years.
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