Gas source localization and mapping with mobile robots: A review

A Francis, S Li, C Griffiths, J Sienz - Journal of Field Robotics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Within the last couple of decades, there has been increasing research into the use of mobile
robots for gas sensing applications. This has led to many different branches of research …

[HTML][HTML] Drone routing for drone-based delivery systems: a review of trajectory planning, charging, and security

AM Raivi, SMA Huda, MM Alam, S Moh - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently, owing to the high mobility and low cost of drones, drone-based delivery systems
have shown considerable potential for ensuring flexible and reliable parcel delivery. Several …

Potentialities of drones and ground autonomous delivery devices for last-mile logistics

C Lemardelé, M Estrada, L Pagès… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The e-commerce boom has increased the complexity of last-mile logistics operations in
urban environments. In this context, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as …

The multi-visit traveling salesman problem with multi-drones

Z Luo, M Poon, Z Zhang, Z Liu, A Lim - Transportation Research Part C …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of drones for parcel delivery has recently attracted wide attention due to its potential
in improving efficiency of the last-mile delivery. Though attempts have been made on …

Consumer preferences for innovative and traditional last-mile parcel delivery

R Merkert, MCJ Bliemer, M Fayyaz - International Journal of Physical …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this research is to reveal consumer preferences towards innovative
last-mile parcel delivery and more specifically unmanned aerial delivery drones, in …

Drone routing with energy function: Formulation and exact algorithm

C Cheng, Y Adulyasak, LM Rousseau - Transportation Research Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drone delivery is known as a potential contributor in improving efficiency and alleviating last-
mile delivery problems. For this reason, drone routing and scheduling has become a highly …

The multi-visit drone routing problem for pickup and delivery services

S Meng, X Guo, D Li, G Liu - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, have gained wide attention in
recent years due to their potential of revolutionizing logistics and transportation. In this …

Vehicle routing problems with drones equipped with multi-package payload compartments

MA Masmoudi, S Mancini, R Baldacci… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vehicle routing problem with drones (VRP-D) consists of designing combined truck-
drone routes and schedules to serve a set of customers with specific requests and time …

A hierarchical solution evaluation method and a hybrid algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with drones and multiple visits

R Gu, M Poon, Z Luo, Y Liu, Z Liu - Transportation Research Part C …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vehicle routing problem with drones (VRPD) has recently gained much traction among the
research community due to its potential to improve efficiency and reduce costs for delivery …

A last-mile drone-assisted one-to-one pickup and delivery problem with multi-visit drone trips

Z Luo, R Gu, M Poon, Z Liu, A Lim - Computers & Operations Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Online retailers and food delivery platforms are exploring last-mile package and food
delivery using drones to reduce delivery time and improve customer experience. We …