Charting the Route: Fine-grained Road Topology Construction for Logistics Digital Twins

Smart logistics is paramount within the multifaceted framework of smart cities. The evolving landscape of sales channels has intensified the demand for efficient logistics solutions capable not only of optimizing the delivery process but also of controlling the environmental impact within the urban setting. Digital Twin solutions have emerged as promising tools to navigate the complexities of modern logistics scenarios. Acc2Twin is an ongoing project, targeting the optimization of the pallet wrapping cycle for package delivery, reducing plastic waste. The solution accurately reconstructs delivery routes and relies on driving profiles to infer the physical forces experienced by delivery trucks, used to assess the stretch and integrity of the plastic film. In this article, we focus our attention on RouteVel, a system component adopted to enrich topological data by augmenting point density through a mix of interpolation techniques, enabling precise analysis of acceleration profiles used as input to the physics-based Digital Twin to assess the pallet wrapping cycle stability. The paper also provides insight into the performance assessment of the tool to understand its potential and the potential points for improvement.