PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

The eCommerce retailer reportedly suggested in the patent that surveillance using drone technology could be better than video-camera installations that can be tampered with or miss things. In other recent Amazon drone news, the eCommerce retailer announced earlier in June that it’s going to have a drone delivery service within months.

eCommerce 75

eCommerce Retail Technology 75

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The tariff hike of 15 percent that appeared earlier this month tags items that traditionally are big holiday sellers — smartwatches, drones, TVs, headphones and smart speakers. It is a trait they share with the items coming in the next expected round of tariffs, which include smartphones and video game consoles.

Budgeting 43

Budgeting Retail Planning 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2020

That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. But Hurst noted that as with drones, robot prices will fall as demand increases and more get built. Such robots aren’t cheap. Robotic Hotel Workers.

Manufacturing 95

Manufacturing Technology Retail Numbers 95

CFO Simplified

APRIL 15, 2022

Although the advent of delivery drones is something that could be adopted in the future, an enclosed vehicle with nearly unlimited storage can be used in conjunction with RF tagged, pre-programmed homing devices on each delivery. Historically, deliveries have been made by antiquated open carriers pulled by animals.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Concentration CFO Strategic Planning 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The tariff hike of 15 percent that appeared earlier this month tags items that traditionally are big holiday sellers – smartwatches, drones, TVs, headphones and smart speakers. It is a trait they share with the items in the next expected round of tariffs , which include smartphones and video game consoles.

Retail 40

Retail Advertising Budgeting Sales 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

These tools allow merchants to pre-calculate duties and taxes into an order’s final price tag to help consumers anticipate all charges involved. And as the demand for faster delivery grows, the company will also keep looking into the use of drone deliveries and autonomous vehicles to complete a delivery, Ayyangar said.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Budgeting B2C Analyzing Data 43

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Facebook will need a Chinese presence to further those hardware projects, since it will need to plug into China’s electronics supply chain in order to build the drones, IoT medical devices and other products envisioned by the company’s innovation arm, Building 8.

Nonprofit 51

Nonprofit Accounting Planning Advertising 51