Amazon Pharmacy (AMZN) customers, who live in College Station, Texas, will get their prescriptions by drone delivery, according to a company announcement. The Wednesday post says that its customers can get hundreds of medications delivered by drone, within an hour, with no extra cost.
The Wednesday post also said that eligible customers of Amazon Pharmacy could get “free drone delivery in less than 60 minutes” when they checkout their cart items. Medications will be loaded on a drone by a pharmacist and transported by drone to the customer’s home. The entire operation will take place within 60 minutes.
Amazon Pharmacy said that more than 500 medications will be able to be ordered by customers and they would include common medications used to treat the flu, asthma, and pneumonia.
Amazon has earned a Federal Aviation Administration air carrier certificate that is mandatory to operate drones that have advanced capabilities. The company says that College Station residents have already received hundreds of household items through its drone delivery services.
The post on Amazon also shared technical details of its drone delivery service. The altitude at which the company’s drones fly was stated to be at heights of 40 to 120 meters. The drone has sensors and cameras built inside that can sense and avoid obstacles such as people and pets, as well as power lines.
After arriving at its preprogrammed location, the drone will safely descend and release the package at a delivery zone. It will then increase its altitude and return to the delivery center. There is no need for customers to interact with the drone, and they can pick up their packages at the delivery zone.
Calsee Hendrickson, director of product and program management at Prime Air said that their drones flew over traffic and cut short “the excess time a customer’s package might spend in transit on the road”
He also said that “medications were the first thing” that their customers had wanted delivery of, using drones. He said that “speed and convenience” were desired by customers who made healthy purchases.
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