IoT Techniques and Elements for Drone Package Delivery Networks
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Figure 5-2 : Cargo delivery flow .
Drone cargo delivery networks are an important emerging trend in logistics . They could handle about 70 % of the cargo delivered by mainstream freight delivery companies , greatly reducing the time , cost , labor content and greenhouse gas emissions of truck-based logistics .
IoT techniques are essential to the operation of these networks . IoT Sensors monitor many parameters in drones , cargo , ground support systems and the airspace . IoT Actuators allow digital systems to control the flight parameters of drones , and the robotic functions of ground support systems that manipulate the cargo .
Hierarchal computer resources , including flight control computers , auxiliary drone processors , ground support processors , several layers of edge computing and the cloud , all interconnected with various IoT networks provide the IoT intelligence needed to integrate the entire network . The deployment of these autonomous drone cargo delivery systems at scale is poised to disrupt the global logistics and delivery industry .
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