Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
City logistics, Congestion modeling, Urban freight
Abstract
The rapid growth of e-commerce and package deliveries across the globe is demanding new solutions to meet customers’ desire for more and faster deliveries. This research focuses on the cost competitiveness of autonomous air and ground delivery vehicles. Three types of autonomous vehicle are analyzed: drones, sidewalk autonomous delivery robots (SADRs), and road autonomous delivery robots (RADRs). Autonomous vehicles are compared against a typical delivery van. The impact of capacity, range and time constraints are analyzed. Results show that each type of autonomous delivery vehicle is suitable in different scenarios and can therefore complement each other to reduce costs or on road distance traveled.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33110
Citation Details
Figliozzi, Miguel A. and Jennings, Dylan, "A Study of the Competitiveness of Autonomous Delivery Vehicles in Urban Areas" (2020). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations. 548.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33110
Description
Copyright (2020) the Authors
Paper Presented at: ILS 2020: International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics & Supply Chain in Austin, Texas April 22-24, 2020.