Amazon Patents A Blimp As A Flying Warehouse

We know that Amazon is looking to use drones for their deliveries in the future. The company has experimented with all sorts of ways to make their deliveries, whether it be through drones or even purchasing their own fleet of planes so as to cut out the middleman. Now it seems that the company could have something pretty crazy up their sleeves.

According to a recently discovered patent, it seems that Amazon is envisioning a possible future in which they own a blimp which doubles up as a flying warehouse, and at the same time the blimp can deploy drones carrying purchases made by customers and have them deliver them to the customer’s address.

These blimps are dubbed “airborne fulfillment centers” and according to the patent, they are expected to be positioned at locations where Amazon predicts demand for particular items could spike. So imagine if a sporting event were going on, the blimp could be positioned nearby so that customers could order all kinds of things such as food, drinks, sports merchandize, and the likes, and have it all delivered in a matter of minutes.

We have to say that it is probably one of the crazier ideas that Amazon has had over the years, but considering how much the company has grown and the areas that they have ventured into, we wouldn’t be completely surprised if this eventually becomes a reality.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General, Robots
Tags: Amazon, Drones, Patent