Goodbye delivery drivers: Amazon has almost ready replacements to deliver your package to your home.

The rise of online commerce has also led to tremendous growth in the logistics sector, as more and more people are receiving packages containing all kinds of products at home every week.

This leaves businesses with two options: either hire a third-party courier service to deliver packages to customers' homes or have their own courier service . This second option is chosen by businesses with a large volume of orders, especially because it allows them to save on costs.

And without a doubt, because it's something we see on the streets every day, one of the largest fleets of delivery drivers is owned by the e-commerce giant Amazon, and it's more than common to come across their vans or delivery drivers wherever we go.

The company has made numerous hires to meet the demand for these types of services, but according to The Information , it's also working on a new delivery formula . This is because Amazon is developing new technology to empower humanoid robots to do the work of a delivery driver.

Humanoid robots are robots with human form (arms, legs, hands, etc.) and are intended to replace humans in heavier and more demanding tasks. But in reality, they have the potential to perform any task that until now has been performed by humans, and that's why Amazon also has a training center where it tests these robots' capabilities when delivering packages.

It's a kind of obstacle course, simulating how the robots would have to exit the van, pick up the exact package, and deliver it to the person's home. While there's no information on this, we assume these vans would also have an autonomous driving system, requiring only the address to be navigated.

But Amazon isn't content with just humanoid robots as delivery drivers. For some time now, they've been testing a delivery technology based on drones that carry and deliver packages to your home. In fact, the first test services in Europe were scheduled to begin in 2024 , but the company still has some issues to resolve, and the public rollout of this new system has been delayed.