Using services like DroneDeploy, which is a cloud-based system that feeds your drone a previously charter route to follow, salvage yards owners can scavenge junk yards for useful parts and thus save a large sum of money in the process. They also can inspect pick up locations remotely.

With the rapid development of drones and UAVs, it’s expected that in the near future they’ll be strong enough to participate in auto parts movements and delivery. If Amazon Air Prime is expected to deliver packages to their customer’s doorstep using drones and UAVs in early 2020s, the unmanned aircraft aren’t so far away from participating in movement of larger and heavier objects.