Don’t miss the robotics colloquium this week!
Date/time: March 21, Friday, 2:30-3:30pm
Location: Gates Commons
Speaker: Gur Kimchi, Amazon
Title: Amazon Prime Air
Abstract:
We’re excited to share Prime Air — something our team has been working on in our next generation R&D lab right here in Seattle. The goal of this new delivery system is to get packages into customers’ hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. Putting Prime Air into commercial use will take some number of years as we advance the technology and work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on necessary rules and regulations. From a technology point of view, we’ll be ready to enter commercial operations as soon as the necessary regulations are in place. One day, Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road today.
Bio:
Gur Kimchi is the VP of Profit Systems and Prime Air at Amazon.com. Gur joined Amazon’s Worldwide Retail Systems organization in 2012, building key platforms to manage Amazon’s “back office” and automating various retail processes. Gur leads the Prime Air team, a project garnering enormous attention since going public in November of 2013. The goal of Prime Air is to get packages into customers’ hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. Prior to Amazon, Gur spent 10 years at Microsoft on the Contextual Mobile Search team, the MSN/Virtual Earth Core Platform team, and the Unified Communications team. He is a voracious reader, an avid skier, and enjoys spending time with his family.
*A reception will follow (3:30-4:30) an the Gates Commons. Hang around after the talk if you would like to talk to Gur and the team.
**There will be swag. I heard something about cool stickers.
***There might be actual drones. They have not confirmed this, so act surprised if drones show up.
Cheers,
-Maya