Starting
from 1889, home deliveries are now part of every household. These deliveries
include food & beverages, healthcare products, household & electronic
items, and even the automobile industry provides delivery of cars and
motorbikes. It was the time in the 1880s when many delivery companies were set
up after many successful home deliveries, led by the oldest delivery company in
the world, the first package delivery company founded in 1852 by Wells Fargo.
The company was not very popular for its reliability and efficiency, so the
standards were revolutionized by the Pony Express.
Delivery System since then has upgraded to a lot better standards and now robots are taking space in the global delivery sector. Delivery robots are one of the key segments of robots-as-a-service (RAAS) along with factory robots, cleaning robots, security robots, and so forth to increase automation in different sectors.
Pros of
Robot as a Delivery Partner
A few years ago, delivery robots were a part of science fiction but now it is turning into reality. These autonomous bots can be easily seen on the streets in the United States and the United Kingdom delivering food, medicines, and small packaged items. Now the question comes, although the delivery industry has a well-established delivery structure managed by humans, why robots? There are several pros behind this. Robots are faster than humans because of fewer factors affecting the speed of delivery like traffic, rain, etc. Robots are way more cost-effective. Humans need a tip for every delivery and in many countries, the wage of a delivery person is too high, especially in the United States but these robots need an initial investment to set up after which robots require maintenance. Other benefits of replacing humans with robots are having the ability to track them, improving customer experience, and helping in reducing pollution.
Cons of
Robot as a Delivery Partner
Having such advantages of robots in the delivery industry there are still limitations of replacing humans. Robots aren't advanced to handle big deliveries such as automobile deliveries, etc., which still require the human touch. Currently, most robots can handle only a single delivery at a time, which isn't too efficient, unlike humans, who can deliver several items at a time.
Future
Aspects of Robot Delivery
Industrialists know that the future is all based on automation and most of the blue-collar jobs will be performed by robots only. Since the robots arrived, it has shaped many industries like the automobile production industry, the cleaning, industry, and so forth. In spite of having cons, the demand for these robots has increased rapidly. The Robot delivery market size in 2021 was US$ 100.8 Mn which is expected to grow up to US$ 262.7 Mn by 2027 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.31% during the forecast period of 2022-2027.
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