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Amazon uses drones for quick delivery

Amazon has used a drone to deliver a package of goods, depositing the parcel just outside the customer's home in 13 minutes.

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A bag of popcorn, along with an Amazon Fire TV stick, left a Cambridge warehouse in the UK and 13 minutes later, both were accepted by an Amazon customer.

A video posted by Amazon shows a fully autonomous drone, no humans involved, taking off from the warehouse and flying over fields to deposit the package just outside the customer's home.

The American electronic commerce company, aims to use drones to make deliveries to customers within 30 minutes or less.

Packages must weigh five pounds (2.2 kilograms) or less and can only be delivered during the day and in clear weather.

The Seattle-based company plans to expand the trial to hundreds of users.


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