IMUs Help Deliver the Daily Bread
- Magazine Article
- 20AVEP07_08
- English
The new “normal” necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic created a surge in home delivery of groceries and all kinds of products. This increased demand, coupled with restrictions such as social distancing, has boosted usage of autonomous machines, which have quickly become integral to grocery stores, warehouses and hospitals. Autonomous machines touch practically every aspect of the farm-to-table ecosystem, from agricultural equipment used to harvest produce in crop fields to semi-autonomous commercial trucks ferrying goods to warehouses, and finally, last-mile delivery vehicles including vans, drones and automated ground vehicles (AGVs).