Meet the team behind Amazon Scout
An Amazon Scout team member discussing Scout’s development, testing, customer experience, and future delivery ideas at Amazon in Seattle.
In this talk
- 0:17
Building Scout in Seattle
The Seattle team handled Scout from end to end, including its physical design, onboard software, and backend systems. A dedicated hardware lab helped engineers build and revise designs quickly.
- 0:42
Testing software indoors
The team created a software lab to try new builds on the robot before field deliveries. By recreating real-world conditions indoors, developers could observe how the robot behaved and iterate more quickly.
- 1:25
Navigation and customer experience
Sensors and systems support Scout’s ability to move through neighborhoods and deliver packages. The team considered customer experience in details such as the robot’s appearance, lighting, and movement speed, and the speaker recalls customers and pets welcoming Scout.
- 1:45
Scaling and future deliveries
The team says Scout had reached thousands of customers and hopes to expand its reach. The speaker imagines future deliveries such as ice cream for family members and packages to the North Pole, possibly with different tires.
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