Last Update: 10 October 2022, 12:22 IST
Amazon is making different plans for its delivery robot
Amazon.com Inc. will halt live testing of its automated delivery robot “Amazon Scout,” a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement Thursday after the US retailer felt the program did not fully meet the needs of its customers. Is.
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc. will halt live testing of its automated delivery robot “Amazon Scout”, a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Thursday, after the US retailer realized that the program was designed to meet the needs of its customers. does not fulfill.
The company is now scaling back or “redirecting” the program, and it will work with the employees involved to match other open roles within the organization, said Amazon spokeswoman Alisa Carroll, adding that it will continue the project as a whole. was not leaving.
Amazon began testing the fully electric Scout in Washington state in 2019 before expanding to Southern California, Georgia and Tennessee, which is the size of a smaller cooler and rolled along sidewalks at walking speed.
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