Opportunities and challenges of drones and internet of drones in healthcare supply chains under disruption

DAJ Pacheco, S Sarker, M Bilal… - … Planning & Control, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the use of drones and the Internet of Drones (IoDs) in healthcare
supply chains (HSCs), highlighting the opportunities and challenges of integrating them to …

Risks of Drone Use in Light of Literature Studies

AA Tubis, H Poturaj, K Dereń, A Żurek - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article aims to present the results of a bibliometric analysis of relevant literature and
discuss the main research streams related to the topic of risks in drone applications. The …

[HTML][HTML] Embracing drones and the Internet of drones systems in manufacturing–An exploration of obstacles

D Askerbekov, JA Garza-Reyes, RR Ghatak… - Technology in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The manufacturing sector attributes the growing prominence of Drones and the Internet of
Drones (IoD) systems to their multifaceted utility in delivery, process monitoring …

DDOS: the drone depth and obstacle segmentation dataset

B Kolbeinsson, K Mikolajczyk - Proceedings of the IEEE …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
The advancement of autonomous drones essential for sectors such as remote sensing and
emergency services is hindered by the absence of training datasets that fully capture the …

[HTML][HTML] Drones for automated parcel delivery: Use case identification and derivation of technical requirements

S Zieher, E Olcay, K Kefferpütz, B Salamat… - Transportation Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drone-based parcel delivery is a rapidly growing domain posing many technological and
operational challenges. Drone technologies have been under increasing levels of …

Last Word in Last-Mile Logistics: A Novel Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model for Ranking Industry 4.0 Technologies

M Veljović, S Tadić, M Krstić - Mathematics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The complexity, increasing flow number and volumes, and challenges of last-mile logistics
(LML) motivate or compel companies, authorities, and the entire community to think about …

[HTML][HTML] A Green Laboratory Approach to Medical Sample Transportation: Assessing the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Footprint of Medical Sample Transportation by Drone …

N Stierlin, F Loertscher, H Renz, L Risch, M Risch - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
In response to escalating climate change concerns, this study evaluates the ecological
impact and efficiency of medical sample transportation using drones, combustion cars, and …

[HTML][HTML] A branch-cut-and-price approach for the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with drones

S Lichau, R Sadykov, J François, R Dupas - Computers & Operations …, 2025 - Elsevier
We present a new set-partitioning model for the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with
drones (2E-VRP-D). In this model, partial routes corresponding to drone movements are …

Optimal drone deployment for cost‐effective and sustainable last‐mile delivery operations

G Kumar, O Tanvir, A Kumar… - … in Operational Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Delivery by drones holds significant potential to solve issues (such as high costs, access to
remote areas, etc.) faced in last‐mile delivery operations, particularly in the e‐commerce …

Method for Delivery Planning in Urban Areas with Environmental Aspects

M Lasota, A Zabielska, M Jacyna, P Gołębiowski… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article presents research results on a multi-aspect assessment of delivery planning in
the urban transport network. The distribution of goods and the operation of a network of …