Urban Area End Logistics Drones Distribution Route Planning

Abstract

With the development of logistics technology, the application of drones in the last mile of logistics distribution has also become a hot topic. Due to the complexity and particularity of the flight environment in urban areas, UAVs need to comprehensively consider safety performance and flight energy consumption when conducting terminal logistics distribution. Based on this, this paper constructs a mathematical model with the goal of shortening flight paths, reducing energy consumption, and improving flight safety, and completes environmental modeling using grid method and genetic algorithm to solve the model. At the same time, the battery energy consumption of the UAV is calculated using the energy consumption segmentation mode. The experimental results of a numerical example verify the effectiveness of the model and algorithm, and also prove that considering segmented energy consumption can more accurately calculate the battery energy consumption of unmanned aerial vehicles.