Abstract
We consider a delivery food service operated by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Due to the absence of a dataset on UAVs deliveries in the literature, and since it is not possible to perform real tests, we create a dataset using an open-Air Traffic Simulator (ATS). Precisely, we converted a set of food deliveries operated by wheeled vehicles, proposed in the literature [1], into a set of simulated UAVs deliveries. For each delivery, we ran a UAV flight from the source to the destination. The results showed that, as expected, the UAV's course is shorter than the vehicle trajectory on the ground because the UAV follows a Euclidean path. Following that path, UAVs can be 5 to 8 times faster than wheeled vehicle, in absence of wind. Highly important, the ATS simulator allows to take care of the wind impact in a realistic way. Tailwind increases UAVs speed which becomes up to 10 times faster than the wheeled vehicles, whereas the headwind and crosswind slowdown the UAVs as the traffic slowdown the wheeled vehicles. Our work proves that air traffic simulators pave the way for realistic simulations of UAVs systems.
Recommended Citation
G. Rigoni et al., "Delivery with Uavs: A Simulated Dataset Via Ats," IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Jan 2022.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2022-Spring54318.2022.9860822
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
Dataset; Delivery Goods; Drone; Favorable winds; Simulation; UAV
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-166548243-1
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1550-2252
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2022
