Should consumers brace for an attack of the delivery droids?

With the onset of autonomous driving technology, advances in machine learning and the ever-present need to reduce urban emissions, the automotive industry is taking steps to optimise the final leg of a journey. Often described as ‘last mile’ solutions, these typically relate to trips made by a delivery service—be it food or parcels—and connections from a major travel hub to a precise destination, such as from a train station to an office block in the centre of town.