Amazon makes its first drone delivery in the U.K. 亞馬遜在英國完成其第一次的無人機運送

Amazon has kicked off a private trial of its highly anticipated drone delivery program. For now, there are only two U.K. customers in the program.
亞馬遜的無人機運送計劃開始了測試階段，目前計劃裡只有兩位英國的顧客。

Amazon said it would expand to dozens of customers near its British facility in the coming months and later grow to hundreds. The trial is limited to daytime deliveries during suitable weather. Amazon is making the deliveries in 30 minutes at no extra cost.
亞馬遜表示他們將會在近幾個月會對靠近英國配送設施的數名顧客繼續測試，之後測試人數會成長到數百個，這項測試只在白天還有合適的氣候狀況下進行，亞馬遜會在30分鐘內完成運送並且不加收任何費用。

A week ago in Cambridge, Amazon used one of its autonomous drones for its first delivery, an Amazon Fire TV and a bag of popcorn. Amazon said it took 13 minutes from the customer clicking "order," to the package being delivered.
一周前在英國劍橋，亞馬遜進行了第一次的無人機運送，運送內容是亞馬遜Fire TV（小型網路機上盒）和一袋爆米花，亞馬遜說從顧客按下「訂購」到包裹被送達為止花了13分鐘。

There's broad interest in the tech world in using drones to make delivery fast and efficient. Earlier this year Google delivered Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech. It has reportedly talked to Starbucks about delivering with drones. And Domino's has delivered pizzas in New Zealand via a drone.
使用無人機進行快速又有效率的運送這個點子在科技界引起來廣大的興趣，年初時谷歌在維吉尼亞理工學院運送了Chipotle墨西哥捲餅，谷歌據說還跟星巴克談過利用無人機進行運送，例外打美了在紐西蘭已經開始用無人機運送披薩。


U.S. residents shouldn't expect to get an Amazon drone delivery anytime soon. Amazon's drones fly autonomously and outside a human's line of sight. Such a flight isn't currently legal in the United States. Amazon has an arrangement with the British government to test its drones.
美國居民不要期待近期可以等到亞馬遜的無人機，亞馬遜的無人機是自動駕駛並且會飛出人類的視線之外，這樣的飛行工具近期在美國並不合法，亞馬遜已經和英國政府安排好要測試其無人機。

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