Table 5.

A summary of notable delivery and supply chain systems suitable for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research	Application	Methodology	Performance
[120]	An autonomous, modular mobile robot that can perform delivery and disinfection tasks	6 wheeled modular robot with centre axle drive, disinfection operation performed using UV-C light	No metrics provided
[122]	Perform monitoring, sanitisation, thermal scanning, face recognition and identification, social distance enforcement and other tasks in COVID-19 hot spots using drones	Swarm robotics, Cloud computing, Edge computing, Fog computing, IoT, AI, Thermal imaging	Capable of covering 2KMs in 10 min
[124]	Autonomous delivery using an UAV	Delivery request made using an App, UAV path planning using A*	No metrics provided
[127]	Robotic system for performing delivery services in hospitals such as distributing lab samples, medication, hospital supplies etc.	Deliveries made by an autonomous robot with multiple compartments and a touch screen for user interaction	Max speed: 1.5 m/s Payload: 130 lbs
[129]	Transportation of suspected COVID-19 samples from remote rural areas to testing labs using drones	Test samples are packed in special biological containers with ice and transported in the bellies of Autonomous drones developed by Zipline	Max speed: 128 km/h Payload:1.75 kg Range:160 km. Deliveries made within 30 min