Autonomous delivery drop points for autonomous delivery vehicles

An autonomous delivery receptacle comprising:

• an autonomous delivery drop point;
• and
• a proxy sensor located on the autonomous delivery drop point, the proxy sensor configured to communicate information related to the autonomous delivery drop point to an autonomous delivery vehicle;
• wherein the autonomous delivery drop point comprises:
• a plurality of storage receptacles, each of the plurality of storage receptacles comprising:
• a tag identifying a resident with which each of the plurality of storage receptacles is associated, wherein the tag is configured to communicate an identifier for the resident with which the tag is associated to the autonomous delivery vehicle;
• a delivery inlet configured to accept an item;
• a storage volume configured to store the item;
• an access port to allow access to the item within the storage volume;
• and
• a sensor to detect the presence or absence of an item in the storage volume of the associated receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, and wherein the proxy sensor is configured to instruct the delivery vehicle to deliver to an empty receptacle of the plurality of receptacles associated with the resident to whom the item is to be delivered.