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Drone Routing for Drone-Based Delivery Systems: A Review of Trajectory Planning, Charging, and Security
Asif Mahmud Raivi1, S M Asiful Huda1, Muhammad Morshed Alam1
1Department of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 11, 2023
Summary
This paper surveys drone routing algorithms for delivery systems, focusing on trajectory planning, charging, and security. It provides a taxonomy and comparison to guide the design of efficient and reliable drone parcel delivery.
Area of Science:
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Logistics
Background:
- Drone delivery systems offer flexible and reliable parcel delivery due to their mobility and low cost.
- Key design challenges include route planning, payload management, distance measurement, and customer location identification.
Purpose of the Study:
- To survey emerging drone routing algorithms for delivery systems.
- To emphasize trajectory planning, charging, and security aspects of drone routing.
- To provide practical design considerations for efficient and reliable drone parcel delivery.
Main Methods:
- A novel taxonomy for drone routing algorithms based on trajectory planning, charging, and security.
- Extensive review and comparison of algorithms based on features, operational characteristics, advantages, limitations, and performance.
- Discussion of potential design issues and open research challenges.
Main Results:
- Identification of critical factors for effective drone routing algorithms.
- Comparative analysis of various drone routing strategies.
- Highlighting of current limitations and future research directions in drone delivery logistics.
Conclusions:
- Effective drone routing algorithms require careful consideration of trajectory planning, charging strategies, and security measures.
- Further research is needed to address open challenges in designing robust and efficient drone-based delivery systems.
- The presented taxonomy and review aid researchers and engineers in developing advanced drone routing solutions.
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