Sekuyisikhathi eside kusukela Amazon wembule umbono wabo wokuqala lapho behlose ukuletha amaphakheji kumakhasimende abo basebenzisa ama-drones abo. Iqiniso eliveza kakhulu ngalolu hlelo ukuthi ilungelo lobunikazi lokuqala lashicilelwa ngonyaka we-2013, ngaleso sikhathi iqembu lokuqala labaphenyi nonjiniyela lase selakhiwe ukubhekana nalolu daba.
Ngemuva kwaso sonke lesi sikhathi, sibe nethuba lokwazi imibono eminingi ngale phrojekthi, omunye uhlakaniphe kakhulu kanti abanye mhlawumbe bangaphezulu 'uyahlanya'ukubabiza nganoma iyiphi indlela. Kulesi senzakalo, i-Amazon isanda kuthola elinye ilungelo lobunikazi e-United States Patent naseHhovisi loHwebo lapho bekhuluma nge ipulatifomu yeselula yama-drones.
I-Amazon ikholelwa ekutheni kungenzeka kube nenethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yamapulatifomu ama-drones ayo
Ukuqala kusuka ephuzwini elithile, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi i-Amazon inombono wokwethula uchungechunge lwamapulatifomu ezindizayo angahle aqhubeke endiza ngaphakathi kwenethiwekhi yeselula ezohamba umhlaba wonke. Lezi zingxenyekazi zazizothuthwa ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene njengomkhumbi wamakhonteyina, isitimela esithwala impahla ngisho neloli le-trailer.
Lezi zingxenyekazi bezizoklanywa ukuthi ziqukethe ngaphakathi kochungechunge lwe- izakhiwo ezikwazi ukuthwala ama-drones namaphakeji okufanele bazithumele. Njengoba kulindelwe, ukuze ama-drones ahlale ekulungele ukuhamba, lezi zingxenyekazi ezenzelwe i-Amazon zizohlonyiswa ngakho konke okudingekayo, kusuka kumabhethri kuye engalweni ye-robotic, ukuze kuthi lapho kufika isikhathi lapho i-drone isesimweni esifanele sokuthatha indiza.
Okwamanje iqiniso yilokho I-Amazon ayifunanga ukwethula noma yiluphi uhlobo lwesitatimende, njengakwezinye izikhathi, lapho bekhuluma ngokukhululekile ngalelungelo lobunikazi nokuthi balindeleni kulo, okungukuthi, uma benohlobo oluthile lwesibonelo abasakhulayo nabasivivinyayo noma kumane kungumbono wonjiniyela babo.