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SUMMARY:The Major Challenges of Urban Drone Delivery: Safety\, Noise\, Pri
 vacy\, and Flight Authorisations - Dr Przemysław Kornatowski\, Warsaw Uni
 versity of Technology
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CONTACT:Slawomir Tadeja
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nDrones provide a novel method for transporting vari
 ous goods\, frequently faster than traditional transport methods\, especia
 lly in cities where road infrastructure may not facilitate efficient deliv
 ery during peak traffic hours. However\, drones face several challenges th
 at must be addressed for effective urban parcel delivery. These include ad
 apting drone technologies to urban environments and tackling social concer
 ns such as privacy\, noise\, safety\, and package security. Furthermore\, 
 recently introduced regulations by aviation authorities are impacting the 
 scalability of city drone delivery operations. It is crucial to develop su
 itable infrastructure for drones\, establish regulatory frameworks\, and i
 mplement new technologies such as AI and advanced air traffic management s
 ystems to realise the full potential of drones in urban logistics. Despite
  these challenges\, drone delivery could significantly influence city logi
 stics by offering faster and more flexible solutions.\n\nSpeaker’s bio: 
 \nDr Przemysław Mariusz Kornatowski obtained his PhD from the Laboratory 
 of Intelligent Systems at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPF
 L)\, Switzerland\, in January 2020. His dissertation focused on developing
  folding flying robots for urban parcel delivery\, designed to transport s
 mall packages directly to people’s hands. After completing his PhD\, he 
 established Dronistics\, a start-up dedicated to creating human-friendly d
 rone delivery systems for last-centimetre\, person-to-person deliveries (h
 ttp://dronistics.ch). In June 2015\, he was recognised as a laureate of th
 e Polish edition of MIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35” co
 mpetition (https://lnkd.in/duMZv_-m). Dr. Kornatowski currently leads the 
 Aerial Robotic Systems Lab at the Warsaw University of Technology (https:/
 /www.arslab.edu.pl/)\, focusing on state-of-the-art drone hardware designs
 . He is also the head of the “Algorithms in Autonomous UAVs” research 
 team at IDEAS NCBR (https://ideas-ncbr.pl/en/research/algorithms-in-autono
 mous-uavs/)\, where he directs the development and implementation of AI al
 gorithms for drones across various applications. \n
LOCATION:Institute of Manufacturing (IfM)\, Seminar Room 1
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