Design of stations and route planning of unmanned aerial vehicle for postal application in Singapore

The rise of e-commerce in Singapore has led to a new form of challenges for the postal delivery network. Although the amount of mail to deliver has increased significantly, local mail courier, Singapore Post lacks measures implemented to ease this load. Additionally, the increase in workload and a s...

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Main Author: Nur Hannah Nordeen
Other Authors: Sivakumar A. I.
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77591
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description The rise of e-commerce in Singapore has led to a new form of challenges for the postal delivery network. Although the amount of mail to deliver has increased significantly, local mail courier, Singapore Post lacks measures implemented to ease this load. Additionally, the increase in workload and a shortage of manpower have compromised the quality of delivery and encourage irresponsibility. The purpose of this project was to study the implementation of the UAV in postal services in Singapore. The technology for the deployment of UAV to support postal delivery would improve the current operation and stay relevant with current experimental technological advancements carried out overseas. The deployment of UAV in postal services has proven to improve the delivery operation of some delivery couriers. In this project, the routing of the delivery process was discussed to derive a fast and cost-efficient UAV delivery network in Singapore. Ideation of the delivery method and system, and delivery concepts were analysed to find the most suitable operation for this project. UAVs available in the market were also investigated to propose feasible implementation.
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spelling ntu-10356/775912023-03-04T19:20:16Z Design of stations and route planning of unmanned aerial vehicle for postal application in Singapore Nur Hannah Nordeen Sivakumar A. I. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering The rise of e-commerce in Singapore has led to a new form of challenges for the postal delivery network. Although the amount of mail to deliver has increased significantly, local mail courier, Singapore Post lacks measures implemented to ease this load. Additionally, the increase in workload and a shortage of manpower have compromised the quality of delivery and encourage irresponsibility. The purpose of this project was to study the implementation of the UAV in postal services in Singapore. The technology for the deployment of UAV to support postal delivery would improve the current operation and stay relevant with current experimental technological advancements carried out overseas. The deployment of UAV in postal services has proven to improve the delivery operation of some delivery couriers. In this project, the routing of the delivery process was discussed to derive a fast and cost-efficient UAV delivery network in Singapore. Ideation of the delivery method and system, and delivery concepts were analysed to find the most suitable operation for this project. UAVs available in the market were also investigated to propose feasible implementation. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2019-06-03T03:43:03Z 2019-06-03T03:43:03Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77591 en Nanyang Technological University 67 p. application/pdf
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