Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Logistics: A Literature Review

Li, Yi; Liu, Min; Jiang, Dandan

doi:10.3390/su142114473

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“…For example, package delivery, the carrying of critical medical supplies to remote or inaccessible areas, or even aerotaxis capable of carrying passengers are some of the application areas where UAS offer great potential. Overall, UAS can provide advanced features against conventional solutions in logistics services, such as simultaneous delivery at several locations, reduced operational costs, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and risk for accidents within large cities, and accessibility to remote areas or areas without infrastructures [57].…”

Section: Logistics and Delivery Of Goodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Politi,

Purucker,

Larsen

et al. 2024

Electronics

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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have rapidly gained attraction in recent years as a promising solution to revolutionize numerous applications and meet the growing demand for efficient and timely delivery services due to their highly automated operation framework. Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, in particular, offer new means of delivering added-value services via a wide range of applications. This "plateau of productivity" holds enormous promise, but it is challenging to equip the drone with affordable technologies which support the BVLOS use case. To close this gap, this work showcases the convergence of the automotive and aviation industries to advance BVLOS aviation for UAS in a practical setting by studying a combination of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technologies and systems. A novel risk-based approach of investigating the key technological components, architectures, algorithms, and protocols is proposed that facilitate highly reliable and autonomous BVLOS operations, aiming to enhance the alignment between market and operational needs and to better identify integration requirements between the different capabilities to be developed.

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Section: Logistics and Delivery Of Goodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Politi,

Purucker,

Larsen

et al. 2024

Electronics

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“…Additionally, Yakushiji et al [15] demonstrated, with experiments using rotatory wing drones, that blood can be transported over long distances without evidence of hemolysis. In the context of medical , we can also cite the works reported in [1,2]. These authors presented a UAV-based delivery solution for blood products, vaccines, or medicines to rural and inaccessible regions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A potential topic that has been widely explored in related research is the use of UAVs for humanitarian missions. They can be helpful in urgent areas of global public health because they can transport lightweight payloads such as medical tests, blood products, vaccines, or medicines to rural and inaccessible regions [1,2].UAVs can also help to save the lives of disaster victims due to their high speed and accessibility to remote and disconnected zones [3]. During disaster situations, UAVs can be employed to distribute humanitarian aid, survey damage, map survivors, and streamline service delivery [4].…”

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Safe path prioritization for multi-unit visiting missions performed by UAVs

Borges,

Ghedini,

Ribeiro

2024

Preprint

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Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) present a promising avenue for humanitarian missions, particularly in addressing urgent global public health concerns. Their versatility allows for the efficient transportation of lightweight payloads, including vital medical tests, blood products, vaccines, and medications , to remote, inaccessible, or perilous regions. In a military context, UAVs serve various critical functions such as surveillance, reconnaissance and logisti-cal support. The focus of this work is on Combat Service Support (CSS), a type of logistical support mission where UAVs provide supplies to ground forces personnel (GFs) engaged in combat or reconnaissance missions under threat. One challenge in CSS missions is the need for dynamic route planning, as threats can be discovered during the mission. Considering this, we propose a model named Safe Path Prioritization, which adopts as premise that the best way to avoid threat action is to prioritize regions where other UAVs have already flown and did not detect the presence of enemies. In addition, closer ground forces should have visitation priority, as the longer a UAV flies, the greater its chance of being neutralized. The proposed model is combined with a communication approach between UAVs and Ground Control Station (GCS) to increase the stealthiness of UAVs. We validated our proposal in diverse scenarios with different combinations of ground forces, number of UAVs and threat hostility level.Overall, the results show that the combination of safe path prioritization with a traditional minimum path approach can bring benefits regarding both the number of GFs visited and the number of UAVs kept unharmed in CSS scenarios.

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“…Sidekick delivery uses main vehicles, usually trucks, which carry sidekicks and parcels to local areas, where the sidekicks complete delivery. Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) [51], have evolved from military applications tracing back to the 1930s. As their costs have substantially decreased, they have become readily available to the public and logistics companies in the last 10 years [111].…”

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A Review of Literature on Vehicle Routing Problems of Last-Mile Delivery in Urban Areas

Jazemi,

Alidadiani,

Ahn

et al. 2023

Applied Sciences

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Logistics has long been important in an industrial society. Compared with the traditional structure of distribution, which requires freight to be delivered mostly to warehouses or retail stores, customers now often prefer packages to be delivered to their residences, especially after the delivery challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of parcels to urban residential areas increases the challenge due to the amount of delivery volume, tight delivery schedules, and continuously changing delivery conditions. Last-mile delivery tries to address the challenges, taking advantage of the available automation, sensor and communication technologies, and people’s attitudes toward parcel delivery for the benefit of all stakeholders. Various approaches to last-mile delivery have been proposed and analyzed in the literature. This paper reviews the recent literature on vehicle routing for last-mile delivery. The review identified four major categories: crowdshipping, parcel lockers, delivery by sidekicks, and delivery to optional points. The nature of the problems is discussed in five aspects: fleet capacity, time window, fleet option, dynamism of input, and stochastic parameters. The review identifies the achievements and limitations of the research in the areas and proposes a future research agenda.

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Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Logistics: A Literature Review

Cited by 32 publications

References 51 publications

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Safe path prioritization for multi-unit visiting missions performed by UAVs

A Review of Literature on Vehicle Routing Problems of Last-Mile Delivery in Urban Areas

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