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Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Mercedes Delivery Research

How can I put packages in a van to optimize delivery based on a given delivery route? 

Mercedes’ AI research could mean faster package delivery
Moving on from failure and exploding milk jugs.
 By Roberto Baldwin, @strngwys   in Engadget

Using a combination of computer vision and AI, Mercedes believes it can help reduce the time needed to load packages onto vehicles and make sure said boxes are in the optimal spot for an AI-created delivery route. More importantly to delivery companies, the system is cost effective .... 

All the hardware is off the shelf and it's the onboard computer and its communication with the backend that does all the hard work. Mercedes says that it has an API that would help a delivery company plug into its system. The team sees this as a solution not so much for FedEx and UPS, but for smaller delivery companies, typically the ones hired by companies like Amazon to deliver our goods. ... " 

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