Unmanned delivery, as the name implies, refers to a delivery method that does not require a delivery person or driver, and each company is trying using various means such as drones, robots, and self-driving cars.
The background is that despite the high demand for delivery, there is a shortage of workers in the transportation industry.
Furthermore, smartphones have become an indispensable part of people’s lives, and as the number of Internet mail-order users increases, delivery needs are increasing year by year.
It can be said that it has been completely put into practical use at this stage.
Among them, I would like to see what kind of automatic delivery attempts are being made by domestic and overseas companies.
Amazon “Amazon Prime Air”
Amazon’s drone-based transportation plan The
goal is to deliver the products ordered by customers within 30 minutes.
Rakuten “Unmanned Delivery Solution”
An unmanned delivery solution created by Rakuten and JD.com, the largest retailer in China.
I am using a drone and a ground delivery robot.
Lawson “Service that allows you to receive convenience store products without going to the store”
An experiment conducted by Lawson in collaboration with ZMP, which develops autonomous driving technology, and Keio University, to automatically deliver products from convenience stores that have been demonstrated by a delivery robot.
The future of delivery
Delivery needs will continue to grow as the number of EC sites increases.
It can be said that the challenge for the industry as a whole is to create a future in which unmanned delivery technology is established and the technology can be used as a matter of course.