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Dive Brief:
- Amazon announced it is testing a new delivery robot — or what the company in a blog post describes as a "fully-electric delivery system" — called "Amazon Scout" in a neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington, just north of Seattle.
- The company said six Amazon Scout devices have begun delivering packages during daylight hours on weekdays to consumers who have placed orders with Amazon. While the Scout devices autonomously follow a specified delivery route, they initially are being accompanied by Amazon employees, according to the blog post.
- The six-wheeled Scout robot, about the size of a small cooler that moves along at the pace of a typical pedestrian, was developed at Amazon's research and development lab in Seattle, the company said.