Stand and deliver! Could parcel drones and droids could trigger the return of the highwayman?

As autonomous droids, drones and vans take over deliveries, we could see a new generation of cyber-highwaymen stealing over £1bn of items every year

Back in the 18th Century highwaymen such as Dick Turpin regularly robbed mail coaches, now a new generation of highwayman is likely to appear, spurred on by the arrival of automated delivery droids, drones and driverless vans.

Autonomous deliveries are already happening. Amazon drones have delivered parcels in Cambridgeshire, droids have carried food and goods in London, and driverless vans are operating in Greenwich. But as technology takes over, a new generation of cyber-criminals will be...

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