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Follow on Google News | “Logistics & Retails” Remains as a Small Market for DronesBy: Innova Research In the past few years, a number of express delivery service providers and logistics companies started testing and trial services using drones as delivery tools. In 2013, UPS started “point to point” drone delivery testing within its own warehouses, and SF Express also started drone delivery within its own distribution networks in the same year. Besides, Amazon, DHL, Google were all reported to conduct similar projects for drone delivery. Drones can provide fast and cost-effective deliveries to remote, hazardous, or hard-to-reach areas. Apart from the logistics within corporates or facilities, drone delivery is also regarded to be an effective way in some other circumstances, such as for urgent medicine on-site delivery, last-mile delivery of critical components, urgent document deliver, among others. However, there are still some barriers for drones to be used in the logistics and retail industries. First of all, legislation is the biggest obstacle. For example, in the USA, FAA (Federal Aviation Administraion) Richard Jun Li, Vice President of Innova Research commented: “Drone delivery is an interesting idea, but the massive adoption of drone delivery in the logistics and retail industries will not happen until the relevant legislation relieved, the positioning and other relevant technologies improved, and the cost of using and maintenance of drones reduced to an acceptable level.” About Innova Research Innova Research is a market research and consulting firm focusing on emerging technologies. With the combination of both technology and market research experts, we offer world-class market and technology intelligences. Driven by primary research, Innova Research’s market intelligence reports and consulting service help our clients to make right strategic and investment decisions in the fast-changing technology world. Visit www.innovaresearchinc.com for more information. End
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