Amazon has patented a huge tower project, which will be used as a docking station for drones engaged in delivering goods to customers. "The point of processing and executing orders with robots-couriers and loaders can be built in the most densely populated areas of cities.

Multilevel construction involves the presence of landing sites for quadrocopters with the ability to fly inside the building, the gate for trucks and entrances for people. The upper floors of the tower, where the robocourier can sit, will reduce the noise emanating from the drones, which is especially important in urban conditions, and also minimize the risk of falling from the sky in the event of a breakdown.

As conceived by Amazon, the logistics center can function without the participation of people. Moving the box in the warehouse will be able to robots, workers, and if necessary - and carry out maintenance of "messengers".

The retailer is developing a project to deliver goods using drone from 2013.

In the framework of the Prime Air service, customers can call a flying robot home, which will bring the purchase in no more than 30 minutes. The size of the drones imposes restrictions on the weight of the load - they can carry a package no heavier than 2.2 kg at a distance of up to 16 kilometers.

In December 2016, the courier robot Amazon made delivery for the first time: from the moment of placing an order on the website of the online store until the goods were received by the customer, it took only 13 minutes. Quadrocopter brought the Amazon Fire TV set-top box and popcorn package.