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Unmanned Last Mile Delivery Technology Level Analysis

무인 라스트마일 배송 기술 수준 분석

  • Wooyeon, Yu (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Myong Ji University) ;
  • Eunhye, Kim (IT Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, ETRI) ;
  • Dohyun, Kim (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Myong Ji University) ;
  • Jaekyung, Yang (Department of Industrial and Information Systems Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
  • 유우연 (명지대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 김은혜 (한국전자통신연구원 지능화융합연구소) ;
  • 김도현 (명지대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 양재경 (전북대학교 산업정보시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2022.12.13
  • Accepted : 2022.12.20
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

Recently, unmanned logistics delivery systems, such as UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, written as drone below) and autonomous robot delivery systems, have been implemented in many countries due to the rapid development of autonomous driving technology. The development of these new types of advanced unmanned logistics delivery systems is essential not only to become a leading logistics company but also to secure national competitiveness. In this paper, the application of the unmanned logistics delivery system was investigated in terms of market trends, overall technology level of last mile delivery drone and autonomous delivery robot. The direction of response to changes in the last mile delivery service market was checked through a comparison of the technological level between domestic companies that produce last mile devices and advanced foreign companies. As a result of this technology level analysis, the difference between domestic companies and advanced companies was shown using tables and figures to show their relative levels. The results of this analysis reflect the opinions of experts in the field of last-mile delivery technology. In addition, the technology level of unmanned logistics delivery systems for each country was analyzed based on the number of related technology patents. Lastly, insights for the technology level analysis of unmanned last mile delivery systems were proposed as a conclusion.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology(KEIT) grant funded by the Korea government(MOTIE) (20005015, Construction of platform and commercialization field test for drone logistics service in island mountainous area withdelivery mission success rate over 98%).

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