Hate to Say It, But Amazon's 'Autonomous Robot' Programme Was Destined to Fail

'Scout', a six-legged autonomous home-delivery robot by Amazon, started delivering packages in Snohomish County, Washington, for the first time in January 2019. Scout, like a good samaritan, used the sidewalks to travel. Upon reaching its destination, Scout would stop at the front door of its customer and open the lid so that the customer could collect their parcel. However, three years later, before Scout could fulfil its potential to be fully autonomous, Amazon just scrapped the whole project. Amazon spokesperson Alisa Carroll said there were aspects of the programme that weren't meeting customers' needs.