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Unmanned Aerial System Operations for Retail

Authors:
Guido Manfredi
Elgiz Baskaya
Jim Sharples
Yannick Jestin

Keywords: UAS; RPAS; drones; retail; mass distribution; inte- gration; drone operations.

Abstract:
The number of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) applications is quickly increasing as technology, standards and regulation allow them. With each new application, more industrial sectors get affected, and the retail sector is already being impacted. This paper presents five UAS applications that will impact the retail sector: freight, monitoring, guiding, delivery, and advertisement. For each application, concepts of operation are provided along with the associated technological, standard and regulatory locks. These operations are then organized along time, from earliest to latest accessible, with accompanying explanation as to why and when. It is shown that the applications currently most publicized are not the ones that will come first. Finally, a discussion regarding the accuracy of our forecast is proposed and leads to support the enabling of drones, in the retail sector, are provided.

Pages: 29 to 35

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: May 20, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3913

ISBN: 978-1-61208-634-7

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from May 20, 2018 to May 24, 2018