Instead of seeing your local delivery with your package, be prepared to see a robot in his place.
Amazon is having their packages delivered by drones, which is a helicopter robot. The system is being called Amazon Prime Air. If you are a member, your packages can be delivered by these drones if your home is in a ten mile radius of a warehouse.
The robots are being designed by Apple, and are equipped to handle a load of 5 pounds or less. The earliest drones would be legally by flight- ready in 2015, but due to Federal Aviation Administration, they are still developing rules to allow companies to use the product.
“I think that this is a cool idea, but I wonder if they are going to make it so that the mail man is no long needed,” said senior Juli Nuetzel.
According to usnews.com, Apple is investing part of its $10.5 billion of capital to produce factory working robots. The robots job would be to help produce iPads, iPhones, and other Apple products. They will be preforming tasks such as laser cutting, and assembling.
According to MIT Technology Review, robots designed by recent Google, have outperformed other competitors. They robots have been performing emergency tasks including climbing rubble, clearing debris, sawing through plywood and operating a fire hose.
“I think that it is scary on how much we have begun to rely on technology,” said Taylor McLaughlin, senior.
According to usnews.com, Google, Amazon and Apple are aspiring to develop artificial intelligence, along employing robots in factory work, delivery and beyond.