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Drone Doorstep deliveries: Technology is not living up to the hype

Published: 22 January 2021 Code: GDCS0002-002

Globaldata’s Drone Doorstep deliveries: The case study offers detailed coverage of the drone delivery services, and drone service development among others.

With the rapid expansion of online retail over the last decade, the largest companies are involved in the online retail value chain by completing the logistics chain, we have begun to focus on improving efficiency. Especially handling and shipping tasks, both cost burdens and constraints on online retail growth have pushed online retailers up, Post companies to innovate and find new, more efficient ways to do that.

Technological development in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has driven the idea of ​​transportation of goods. Their possible uses. Online retail giant Amazon, major postal companies FedEx, UPS, DHL, technology companies are participating Google has, as the most prominent example, researched, developed, and tested the use of drones for this purpose. Their UAV model.

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Analyse the rationale behind the door delivery hype: The technological evolution in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has pushed the idea of shipping goods as one of their potential uses. Online retailer giant, Amazon, leading post companies FedEx, UPS and DHL, as well as tech firms, with Google as the most prominent example, have explored the use of delivery drones for that purpose, developing and testing their own UAV models.

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  • Drone service developments: The main developers of drone delivery services worldwide which include Amazon, Google, FedEx, UPS, DHL, Rakuten, and JD.com, have drone delivery operations up and running, but their scale remains limited to the pilot stage due to lengthy and strict regulatory processes
  • Deployment of drones: A major deterrent to the wide deployment of drones is regulation. Especially, in the US, the FAA has set strict safety rules over the operation of commercial drones
  • Lack of consistency: A major technical issue that has not been addressed is that of adopting a common navigation system protocol. Drones’ autonomous flight systems are reliant on navigation systems for their absolute positioning during their flight and landing, with more than one solution available, namely GPS, and the European Satellite Navigation solutions EGNOS and Galileo

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