'Innovative Uses of Drones for Logistics in Healthcare and Production' Dr. Alice Smith (ICORES 2024)

Keynote Title: Innovative Uses of Drones for Logistics in Healthcare and Production

Keynote Lecturer: Alice Smith
Presented on: 24/02/2024, Rome, Italy

Abstract: This seminar discusses novel approaches for employing drones to accomplish logistical tasks in diverse environments. Drones, working in tandem with traditional transportation vehicles and with humans, offer environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternatives for moving small items such as medicines, electronic devices, and assembly parts. This talk will cover several research projects which involve a combination of mathematical modeling, computational optimization, simulation in virtual environments, and actual physical experimentation and trials. While using drones has challenges in terms of human interaction and practicality of operating in certain environments, they are more pragmatic than might be expected for some situations. One focus is on rural last mile healthcare supplies delivery where drones resupply trucks with newly available orders and prescriptions. Another focus is on assembly facilities where drones bring needed parts to works at their stations on the line. This latter setting is indoors where GPS cannot be used for drone positioning and guidance so alternative methods must be employed.

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Presented at the following Conference:
ICORES, 13th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems