Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery
This report examines the legal, regulatory, and societal barriers facing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as they are deployed for last-mile delivery with a particular focus on deployment in the United States (U.S.). The status quo for current legal and regulatory restrictions is first explored follo...
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| author | Gaba, Farri T. Winkenbach, Matthias |
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| description | This report examines the legal, regulatory, and societal barriers facing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as they are deployed for last-mile delivery with a particular focus on deployment in the United States (U.S.). The status quo for current legal and regulatory restrictions is first explored followed by a discussion on miscellaneous regulatory issues and areas of uncertainty that are likely to challenge unmanned aerial vehicles for last-mile delivery (UAV-LMD) deployment. This is followed by an evaluation of potential societal barriers imposed on UAV-LMD and the likely regulatory pathways through which these barriers will manifest. This report offers a nominal set of restrictions likely to limit operators and their fulfillment network planning and strategic design. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1457262022-10-07T03:00:58Z Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery Gaba, Farri T. Winkenbach, Matthias last-mile delivery urban logistics drones logistics This report examines the legal, regulatory, and societal barriers facing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as they are deployed for last-mile delivery with a particular focus on deployment in the United States (U.S.). The status quo for current legal and regulatory restrictions is first explored followed by a discussion on miscellaneous regulatory issues and areas of uncertainty that are likely to challenge unmanned aerial vehicles for last-mile delivery (UAV-LMD) deployment. This is followed by an evaluation of potential societal barriers imposed on UAV-LMD and the likely regulatory pathways through which these barriers will manifest. This report offers a nominal set of restrictions likely to limit operators and their fulfillment network planning and strategic design. 2022-10-06T18:17:45Z 2022-10-06T18:17:45Z 2022-10-03 Technical Report https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145726 en_US application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | last-mile delivery urban logistics drones logistics Gaba, Farri T. Winkenbach, Matthias Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery |
| title | Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery |
| title_full | Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery |
| title_fullStr | Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery |
| title_short | Regulatory Implications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery |
| title_sort | regulatory implications for unmanned aerial vehicles in last mile delivery |
| topic | last-mile delivery urban logistics drones logistics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145726 |
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