Amazon tests autonomous robots to deliver packages

Online shopping giant Amazon started tests of autonomous robots to deliver packages in the US, the company said in a statement. The devices called Amazon Scout have a size of a small refrigerator and move on the sidewalks at a walking pace. Initially, six robots will start delivering packages to customers from Monday to Friday. They will automatically follow the delivery route but at the beginning, employees will accompany them.

The devices are safe and effectively move at the presence of animals, pedestrians and anything that could stand in their way, Amazon wrote.