Drones Could Save Retailers Billions Lost Through Faulty Inventory Records
August 25, 2017
New System Could Save Retailers Billions
Engineers from MIT have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags in large warehouses at a distance of several meters, possibly saving retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.
Radio frequency ID tags were supposed to revolutionize supply chain management. The dirt-cheap, battery-free tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and then broadcast identifying numbers, enable warehouse managers to log inventory much more efficiently than they could by reading box numbers and recording them manually.
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