Abstract:The increasing level of urbanisation and traffic congestion promotes the concept of urban air mobility (UAM), which has become a thriving topic in engineering and neighbouring disciplines. the development of a suitable ground-based infrastructure is necessary to supply these innovative vehicles, which mainly includes networks of take-off and landing sites, facilities for maintenance, energy supply, and navigation and communication capabilities. Further requirements comprise robust business and operating models… Show more
“…In this study, we use the term UAM to cover all potential applications of UAVs in an urban agglomeration, including passenger transport, cargo delivery and emergency services in the metropolitan areas. UAM is generally seen as a networked system, consisting of: UAM ground infrastructure, automated MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul), energy management systems and spatial integration [65]. Table IV shows the recent surveys about UAM.…”
Section: Urban Air Mobilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many of these surveys provide a broad overview and discuss challenges, e.g., [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [66], and [69]. In addition to research on the entire UAM system, there exist surveys on individual components, such as airspace design [59], network design of infrastructure [65], and traffic management [67], [68]. Given the complexity of individual aspects, it seems like there is still a long way to go towards the implementation a full-scale UAM.…”
There exists a tremendous number of research surveys on various aspects of UAV logistics, mobility and monitoring tasks in the literature. These surveys have been published in distinct venues, often having a significant overlap in goals and key findings. In this study, we provide a meta review across nearly 100 extant UAV surveys and overview papers, extract their key messages, and investigate the extent of being complementary. We develop the AERIAL framework, which aggregates the major challenges on the way to a successful application of UAVs for logistics, mobility, and monitoring. We believe that AERIAL framework and meta review contribute towards a clearer understanding of the scientific UAV landscape challenges and the identification of potential directions for future research studies.
“…In this study, we use the term UAM to cover all potential applications of UAVs in an urban agglomeration, including passenger transport, cargo delivery and emergency services in the metropolitan areas. UAM is generally seen as a networked system, consisting of: UAM ground infrastructure, automated MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul), energy management systems and spatial integration [65]. Table IV shows the recent surveys about UAM.…”
Section: Urban Air Mobilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many of these surveys provide a broad overview and discuss challenges, e.g., [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [66], and [69]. In addition to research on the entire UAM system, there exist surveys on individual components, such as airspace design [59], network design of infrastructure [65], and traffic management [67], [68]. Given the complexity of individual aspects, it seems like there is still a long way to go towards the implementation a full-scale UAM.…”
There exists a tremendous number of research surveys on various aspects of UAV logistics, mobility and monitoring tasks in the literature. These surveys have been published in distinct venues, often having a significant overlap in goals and key findings. In this study, we provide a meta review across nearly 100 extant UAV surveys and overview papers, extract their key messages, and investigate the extent of being complementary. We develop the AERIAL framework, which aggregates the major challenges on the way to a successful application of UAVs for logistics, mobility, and monitoring. We believe that AERIAL framework and meta review contribute towards a clearer understanding of the scientific UAV landscape challenges and the identification of potential directions for future research studies.
“…Passenger cars are the most common form of transport. Due to the use of road infrastructure, they have almost no restrictions [45]. For the achievement of zero-emission transport, the European Union is considering the USER-CHI project related to the electric vehicle sector.…”
Cities are moving towards sustainable development, which consists of tasks and challenges to improve the quality of life, and minimize energy consumption. The concept of sustainable mobility includes the choice of means of transport other than the car for all journeys, especially short distances, and for the delivery of goods. Due to the growing populations of cities, lack of free space, and high costs of building infrastructure for traditional means of transport, cities are looking for modern solutions that allow for the cheap, fast, and green transportation of people and goods. Urban air mobility is the answer to these problems, and uses eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAVs). The article’s main purpose is to present an energy efficiency analysis using UAVs and electric scooters in the transport of takeaway food, which is a solution that fits into the zero-emission transport policy. The article presents the following research problem: which type of electric transport (scooters/UAVs) shows a lower demand for electric energy when delivering food from restaurants to individual customers? The analysis method was applied using the D’Andrea, Dorling, Figliozzi, Kirchstein, and Tseng energy models. The completed calculations were used to perform a comparative analysis of energy consumption for three adopted scenarios related to energy consumption by drones.
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