Autonomous Goods Vehicles for Last-mile Delivery: Evaluation of Impact and Barriers

Sindi, Safaa; Woodman, Roger

doi:10.1109/itsc45102.2020.9294558

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“…This research was based on a simulation of the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing Tunnel in the UK, but did not consider the application of the ADR in general. Sindi and Woodman [31] interviewed experts in logistics and autonomous technology from the UK about the barriers to using autonomous road vehicles for last-mile delivery and the carriage of DG and application of the ADR were not barriers identified by participants at the time.…”

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How Do Dangerous Goods Regulations Apply to Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Transporting Medical Cargos?

Grote

Cherrett

Oakey

et al. 2021

Drones

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Commercial operations of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) are expanding, with medical logistics using UAVs as part of health service supply chains being targeted. The ability to transport cargos that include items classified as Dangerous Goods (DGs) is a significant factor in enabling UAV logistics to assist medical supply chains, but DG regulations for air transport have developed from the perspective of crewed aircraft and not UAVs. This paper provides an important audit of the current DG regulations, best practice in their application and the development of much-needed new governance that will be required to fully exploit UAVs for the safe transport of DGs in medical logistics. Findings from the audit provide a summary of the circumstances and potential challenges resulting from the application of DG regulations as they stand to UAV operations, particularly for medical logistics, and convenient guidance on the practical implications of DG regulations for UAV operators. The main conclusion is that this is an under-researched domain, not yet given full consideration in a holistic way by regulators, governments, industry bodies, practitioners or academia.

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Section: Application Of Air Transport Dg Regulationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Do Dangerous Goods Regulations Apply to Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Transporting Medical Cargos?

Grote

Cherrett

Oakey

et al. 2021

Drones

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“…Further, innovative transport modes and systems are rapidly changing the conditions for last-mile deliveries. At the same time, customers demand quicker, more predictable, and more flexible deliveries [1,5]. This leads to last-mile delivery being an expensive and inefficient part of the supply chain [6].…”

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Autonomous last-mile delivery robots: a literature review

Alverhed,

Hellgren,

Isaksson

et al. 2024

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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This literature review investigates how self-driving autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) impact last-mile deliveries, add value to the logistics and transport industry, and contribute to creating competitive business models. Autonomous vehicles are still a developing technology and ADRs could possibly be one of the solutions to the last-mile problem, in particular in cities and for urban freight with an increasing number of parcels to deliver. Last-mile delivery is also changing as e-commerce and more demanding customers emerge. Such development, however, faces challenges regarding infrastructure, externalities such as CO2 emissions, and shorter delivery-time requirements. This review, focused on ADRs, reveals four major themes (operations, infrastructure, regulations, and acceptance) through which we explain the barriers and benefits of using ADRs for last-mile deliveries. The review shows that the operations of ADRs can impact last-mile deliveries by lowering costs, optimising the use of time, and reducing externalities. The review also shows that the foundation of last-mile infrastructure would have to change if ADRs are to be used to a greater extent. Regulations for ADRs are still not yet in place, which makes the market somewhat confused. The acceptance of ADRs in society is another challenge because the innovation of ADRs is still new and unfamiliar. Altogether, the use of ADRs for last-mile deliveries shows great potential, based on the promising results of the articles reviewed. However, most studies on ADRs have been theoretical in nature, such as models, which highlights the need for real-world case studies and implementations.

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“…Already with the introduction of ubiquitous communication technology, many manual processes have been automated across the value chain; from order cycles, scheduling to delivery. There is still much that can be done in terms of making an autonomous supply chain agile, efficient, and productive (Sindi and Roe, 2017). The speed of change in technology to improve competitiveness and efficiency, suggests the need for higher-skilled jobs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These are known as heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and large goods vehicles (LGVs) outside of the EU. The main reason for this is to differentiate this study from a previous exploratory study into last-mile delivery AGVs, which considered only light commercial vehicles (EU category N1) (Sindi and Woodman, 2020).…”

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Implementing commercial autonomous road haulage in freight operations: An industry perspective

Sindi

Woodman

2021

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Autonomous Goods Vehicles for Last-mile Delivery: Evaluation of Impact and Barriers

Abstract: This document is the author's post-print version, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer-review process. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it.

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

How Do Dangerous Goods Regulations Apply to Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Transporting Medical Cargos?

How Do Dangerous Goods Regulations Apply to Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Transporting Medical Cargos?

Autonomous last-mile delivery robots: a literature review

Implementing commercial autonomous road haulage in freight operations: An industry perspective

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