Question

Watch the attached video and read the paragraphs that follow. Once completed, describe in 300 words how this new technology can impact Amazon.

In 2013 Amazon announced a bold new venture: a drone delivery service that could bring products to customers within 30 minutes. Three years later, the e-commerce giant completed its first Amazon Prime Air delivery during a trial run in Great Britain. Of course, the company still has a long way to go before its drones are ready to take flight in great numbers. Along with figuring out many technical details, Amazon must also deal with regulations that limit where drones can and cannot fly. In the U.S., for instance, drones are not allowed to soar above densely populated areas.

As a result, Amazon has established research facilities in Great Britain, Austria and France in order to test its drones in less regulated skies. At its British outpost, the company currently has two customers enrolled in a pilot program for Prime Air. While this lucky pair have made headlines for receiving Amazon’s first drone-delivered packages, perhaps the company‘s most important work is being done at its R&D center in France. In this facility located near Paris, about a dozen software engineers and aviation experts are building an air-traffic control system for the company’s growing drone fleet.

Amazon researchers first tried to adapt air-traffic methods used by airlines only to discover that these techniques didn’t work with low-flying drones. Instead, they began to develop a system that focuses on guiding drones past obstacles like power lines, buildings, and birds. This approach relies on creating detailed maps that include temporary objects like construction cranes as well as up-to-the-second weather conditions. What’s more, the autonomous drones will also be able to warn each other in real-time if they encounter any risks on a flight. Despite these latest advancements, though, there’s still no telling when Amazon Prime Air will be ready to go live. “This is highly regulated,” said Amazon’s VP for global innovation policy Paul Misener. “We’re not going to launch this until we can demonstrate its safety.”

Answer 1

Amazon's new venture of drone delivery which promises customers for 30 minutes delivery is a great step for attracting new and needful customers. The new technology will ensure timely delivery through well navigated routes. The right usage of the new technology ensures that no harm is done to the drone, it focusses on guiding the drone for path clearance more than just delivery. Such lessen damage to the drone reduces cost input of the firm , increases revenue and thus profit of the firm... the firm is incentivised to carry the task of drone delivery more and efficiently... the new technology brings new reliable customers with an added advantage of being th first mover in the scenario for the firm... In this way the new technology will affect the firm in a positive manner.