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High operating costs

Sequence Number 1 Industry Logistics Banner High operating costs How 5G enabled

Autonomous drones and robots enabled by 5G for seamless last-mile delivery.

Data Flows
Title Devices Icon Devices Description
  • Drones suitable for:
  • Beyond line of sight flying
  • Able to carry freight
  • Drone (e.g., AI) capable of performing first level intervention in case of issues
Title Connectivity Icon Connectivity Description
  • Images and flight information transmitted to edge and enterprise storage
Title Edge Compute Icon Edge Compute Description
  • 5G grants continuous feedback of delivery status and ability to make decisions to intervene real-time
  • Handles changes in delivery
Title Cloud Compute & Storage Icon Cloud Compute & Storage Description
  • All data is stored in enterprise data storage, where data ownership belongs to the company
Title Applications & Services Icon Applications & Services Description
  • Non-critical MV/ML models execution
  • E2E automated processes by default
Title Inform Decision Makers Icon Inform Decision Makers Description
  • Operators are alerted only in cases of issues that are unable to be solved by AI
Title Support Decision Making Icon Support Decision Making Description
  • End of process
Application Logic
Description
  • Drones to operate on 5G as a first choice assuming complete network coverage, otherwise on 4G network or on satellite communication (features reduced base on network capabilities).
  • Where 5G is used, data can be processed and analysed real-time at the edge using AI (ML) models.
  • Interventions can be done in real-time and therefore have minimum impact on the drone whilst still flying.
  • Both images and other data (weather/flight path info/etc.) will be collected.
Description
  • Understand built-in features of the drone and capabilities of built-in software: AI (ML/MV); etc. Maximise what can be done here since it is most efficient.
  • Decide what other AI (ML/MV) models need to be added.
  • SME and data scientists as a team will be required to develop these models.
  • It is possible that 2 teams will be required to focus on ML and MV respectively.
Description
  • Most of the AI work will be Edge-based given the real-time nature of autonomous drones to perform delivery.
  • Be aware that in most countries you need a license for these drones.
  • Take an incremental approach with the number of routes.
Expected benefits Key value created