Posted July 24, 2020

If you see a small, blue autonomous Prime delivery carrier strolling on the sidewalk through your neighborhood, don’t be alarmed.

That’s Scout, Amazon’s latest delivery innovation.

The shipping and merchant giant announced Tuesday that Amazon Scout, a fully-electric delivery system that can deliver packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices, has expanded its testing area to Atlanta and Franklin, Tenn. The Scout robots are now delivering packages to select customers around town, according to a blog post on Amazon’s website.

Amazon Scout launched at the beginning of 2020, delivering purchases made on Amazon while dodging blockades on sidewalks — from surfboards to luggage to refrigerators to even Christmas trees destined for the trash. Thanks to partnerships with Snohomish County, Washington, and the Irvine-area of California, the program has continued to operate during the pandemic.

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