Amazon is known for constantly patenting different things, but this time they might be on to something. Their latest patent is interesting and a little funky because it’s a patent for drone technology that allows the drone to understand what a person is saying and interpret human gestures. In this case I’m on board and I can’t wait to tell a drone to frak off if it’s in my yard and I didn’t order anything. Also, I’m sure I could think of a couple of gestures to go along with the choice words I spew out.



In the filing, Amazon says the technology could be used to adjust plans for a drone delivered package after getting feedback from humans either through visible and audible gestures. Amazon doesn’t specify what gestures the drone could react to, but directions to place a package in a certain spot, or a wave of the arms to tell the machine not to come any closer seem like solid bets.

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