Amazon's delivery drone robots once seemed like a futuristic joke. But now, as the company seeks federal approval to expand its drone program, it's facing a fundamental challenge: They're too loud.

It even showed a gif of a drone depositing a delivery outside ... CNBC reported that College Station officials found that a single drone's noise registered at between 47 and 61 decibels ...

This included a June 2024 council meeting where 11 residents criticized the drones’ noise levels. Foxfire neighborhood representative Kimberly McAdams previously said they were not against drone ...