"Providing products such as frozen food, ready-to-eat dishes or even daily groceries from large chains may become be the next big thing in the food and restaurant industries," analysts at PwC said.
普華永道分析師認為,"食品餐飲行業下一步可能著眼于用無人機運輸速凍食品、即食食品,甚至大型連鎖店的日用品."
As soon as regulation permits, drones will be able to decrease the time it takes to deliver food, PwC said.
普華永道稱,只要規則允許,無人機就可以縮短運送食品的時間.
Google is for instance already trying to solve the problem of how to fly drones safely in yards without endangering pets or other potential obstacles.
比如,谷歌公司已經開始著手解決無人機如何安全飛過人們的院子,不威脅到寵物,也不撞到其他潛在的障礙物.
In agriculture, drones will increasingly be used to gather and analyse data on crops quickly as well as to do precise spraying on plants.
在農業方面,無人機將被更多地用于迅速收集、分析農作物數據,并精確噴灑.
Top drone markets by 2020 according to PwC
普華永道預計的2020年八大無人機市場
1. Infrastructure ($45.2 bn) 基礎設施（452億美元）
2. Agriculture ($32.4bn) 農業（324億美元）
3. Transport ($13bn) 交通運輸（130億美元）
4. Security ($10bn) 安全（100億美元）
5. Media and entertainment ($8.8 bn) 媒體和娛樂產業（88億美元）
6. Insurance ($6.8 bn) 保險（68億美元）
7. Telecoms ($6.3bn) 電信（63億美元）
8. Mining ($4.4bn) 采礦業（44億美元）
英文來源：英國獨立報
