Transportation and Logistics
This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.
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New players, standardization and digitalization for more rail freight transport
In the LowCarb-RFC project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and its project partners are exploring how European rail freight…
A helping (Sens)Hand
Due to mechanization and automation the amount of physical load work has been progressively reduced. Yet for those working in intralogistics, the manual…
Study sets new distance record for medical drone transport
Johns Hopkins researchers have set a new delivery distance record for medical drones, successfully transporting human blood samples across 161 miles of Arizona…
Researchers 'count cars' — literally — to find a better way to control heavy traffic
Ensuring that traffic moves smoothly and without a lot of manual intervention requires automated car counting techniques, which are often tedious and…
From parking garage to smart multi-purpose garage
Cities face an ongoing challenge in their endeavors to provide adequate parking and to use parking spaces effectively. Park_up aims to develop new, digital…
Efficient and intelligent: Drones get to grips with planning the delivery of goods
“We are analysing a system in which customers order goods that are stored in depots and the subsequent deliveries are made by drones”, Christian Bettstetter…