"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.
普华永道分析师认为,"食品餐饮行业下一步可能着眼于用无人机运输速冻食品、即食食品,甚至大型连锁店的日用品."
As soon as regulation permits, drones will be able to decrease the time it takes to deliver food, PwC said.
普华永道称,只要规则允许,无人机就可以缩短运送食品的时间.
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,谷歌公司已经开始着手解决无人机如何安全飞过人们的院子,不威胁到宠物,也不撞到其他潜在的障碍物.
In agriculture, drones will increasingly be used to gather and analyse data on crops quickly as well as to do precise spraying on plants.
在农业方面,无人机将被更多地用于迅速收集、分析农作物数据,并精确喷洒.
Top drone markets by 2020 according to PwC
普华永道预计的2020年八大无人机市场
1. Infrastructure ($45.2 bn) 基础设施（452亿美元）
2. Agriculture ($32.4bn) 农业（324亿美元）
3. Transport ($13bn) 交通运输（130亿美元）
4. Security ($10bn) 安全（100亿美元）
5. Media and entertainment ($8.8 bn) 媒体和娱乐产业（88亿美元）
6. Insurance ($6.8 bn) 保险（68亿美元）
7. Telecoms ($6.3bn) 电信（63亿美元）
8. Mining ($4.4bn) 采矿业（44亿美元）
英文来源：英国独立报
