Optimal Collaborative Transportation for Under-Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problems using Aerial Drone Swarms

Akash Kopparam Sreedhara,Deepesh Padala,Shashank Mahesh,Kai Cui,Mengguang Li,Heinz Koeppl,Akash Kopparam Sreedhara,Deepesh Padala,Shashank Mahesh,Kai Cui,Mengguang Li,Heinz Koeppl

Swarms of aerial drones have recently been considered for last-mile deliveries in urban logistics or automated construction. At the same time, collaborative transportation of payloads by multiple drones is another important area of recent research. However, efficient coordination algorithms for collaborative transportation of many payloads by many drones remain to be considered. In this work, we f...