Automated package delivery system

Purpose and goal:

The scope of the project was to perform a feasibility study over the requirements of a system to be installed in the existing fleets of conventional panel-vans with the ability to deliver packets from the rear and/or side doors. The pre-study investigation on a mechanisms for the doors and an a robotic mechanism for grabbing and safely unloading packages from inside the panel-van.

Home delivery services involving panel-vans can benefit from an add-on system to upgrade their existing fleet, drastically speeding up the process. Expected results and effects:

Any business with home delivery services involving panel-vans could benefit from an add-on system to upgrade their existing fleet, relieving the drivers from the necessity to get off the van, locate, unload and deliver the package at each stop, drastically speeding up the process.

With the ever-growing implementation of driver-less technologies, the need of a human operator could be entirely eliminated by automating the delivery system. Approach and implementation:

The scope of the project was to perform a feasibility study over the requirements of a system that can be installed in the existing fleets of conventional panel-vans with the ability to deliver packets from the rear and/or side doors. The pre-study include a market investigation, mechanisms for the doors and an robotic mechanisms, an optical recognition system for locating the packages, grabbing and safely unloading them, and an in-cabin logistics algorithm for optimally stacking the packages depending on the delivery order.