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Amazon showcases 'Prime Air' drone delivery system
Amazon has launched a website showcasing its "Prime Air" drone delivery system, offering a number of images of the drones as well as a video presented by Jeremy Clarkson of "Top Gear" fame. The footage displays a drone using "sense and avoid" technology to scan the backyard of an Amazon customer as it looks for a suitable landing area before dropping off a package. "In time, there'll be a whole family of Amazon drones -- different designs for different environments," noted Clarkson, while Amazon itself commented, "We're excited about Prime Air, a future delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less... Putting Prime Air into service will take some time, but we will deploy when we have the regulatory support needed to realize our vision." The company explained further that the drones operate below 400 feet and employ a "high degree of automation" to fly to distances of 10 miles or more. "Safety is our top priority. Our vehicles will be built with multiple redundancies, as well as sophisticated 'sense and avoid' technology. We will not launch Prime Air until we are able to demonstrate safe operations," said Amazon, adding, "We have more than a dozen prototypes that we've developed in our research and development labs... in the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel."

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