This report on autonomous last-mile delivery solutions provides a deep dive on a range of vendors to help clients navigate the current autonomous last-mile delivery landscape. We feature a list of providers and a detailed description of their solutions.
Last-mile delivery can comprise up to 28% of a good’s total cost, much of which is passed onto the consumer. Automating the last mile could substantially reduce costs and drive efficiencies in the delivery of goods for retailers.
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Covid-19 has made autonomous last-mile delivery even more relevant as demand for e-commerce surges and retailers and third-party logistics (3PLs) look for ways to cut costs and streamline the last mile.
The various providers in this space are taking a number of different approaches to automating the last mile:
- Drone delivery solutions
- On-road delivery robots
- On-road repurposed passenger vehicles
- Sidewalk robots
In this report, we include answers to the following questions:
- Which are the more promising companies automating the last mile?
- Where and how do they operate?
- What types of vehicles and services are they developing?
- Where does each company stand from a regulatory perspective?
- What are the measurable benefits of each solution?
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