Amazon patent reveals drone delivery 'beehives'
The future of
Amazon drone deliveries could start at massive 'beehives."
Amazon has
filed for a patent for beehive-like towers that would serve as multi-level
fulfillment centers for its delivery drones to take off and land. The
facilities would be built vertically to blend in with high rises in urban
areas. Amazon envisions each city would have one.
The patent
application, filed in December 2015 and published on Thursday by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, features several drawings of these buildings, such
as the beehive, a cylinder-shaped center and one that looks like a UFO.
money.cnn.com
Amazon also
filed for a patent in April 2016 for blimps stocked
with drones to make extra speedy deliveries.
In 2013, Amazon unveiled
plans for a new delivery service called Prime Air, which would use drones to
deliver packages.
Amazon made its first drone delivery in
the U.K. in December 2016. The company plans to expand the service to dozens of
customers near its British facility in the near future.
extracted from money.cnn.com
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