Amazon is putting its rectangular , rolled golem out to pasture . Scout , the chaperon , 6 - wheeleddelivery bot , which has been in examination since 2019 , will no longer be further tested or germinate , according to story from multiple outlets .
The automaton had been deploy for test in city inat least fourstates : California , Washington , Tennessee , and Georgia . And Scouts were fulfilling orders there under the oversight of human “ ambassadors . ” However , those trial programme are now no more .
“ During our Scout limited field test , we worked to make a unparalleled rescue experience , but learned through feedback that there were aspects of the programme that were n’t meeting customers ’ needs , ” Amazon spokesperson Alisa Carroll told Gizmodo in an email . “ As a result , we are ending our theater test and reorienting the program . We are working with employee during this transition , matching them to open up roles that easily fit their experience and skills . ”
With only about 3 years of street testing, Amazon’s Scout program was not long for this world.Photo:MPH Photos(Shutterstock)
About 400 masses were employ working on the Scout project worldwide , agree toa reportfrom Bloomberg . intimately all of the prole will reportedly be moved to other teams , while a small “ skeleton bunch ” will keep considering possible self-reliant golem , Bloomberg wrote .
“ We are continuing to explore the concept but scaling back a routine . We still have a team dedicated to Scout , ” say Carroll .
While they were still roaming the street , the box-shaped , battery - powered , brilliant blue robot carried diminished and average - sized packages up multitude ’s doors in an national compartment . The bot ’s lid opened to let customers to retrieve their purchases .
The ending of lookout man testing is just the latest cutback in a chain of belt - tighten tactical maneuver for Amazon , that seem to signal fiscal stress . The retail giantannounced a hire freezeearlier this month . Then , on Wednesday , the company alsoscrapped Glow , stop its clunky TV portal for nestling — an confessedly less magnetic design than the Wall - E - esque Scouts .
And , although the idea of a delivery automaton that still required a person to walk alongside it while cluttering city sidewalks seemed vaguely dystopian , we at Gizmodo like the Scout bots a pleasant retirement . Wherever they are now , we go for they have sizeable , smooth two-dimensional surfaces to slow rove around on .
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