Description

inventAIRy X is a DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drone that operates together with an AGV. Equipped with the innovative doks. technology and software, 1D and 2D sensors and a 12-megapixel camera, inventAIRy X levitates completely autonomous through the pallet rack aisles, capturing not only stock data, but also other parameters such as storage temperature, packaging quality and possible damages. The user can easily retrieve the collected data on the associated handheld. With the inventAIRy X software, all information is available on a single screen. This allows the user to monitor incoming and outgoing goods, view capacity information, control inventAIRy X drones, and review the latest inventory information. This software is both evidence preservation and prospective planning tool. The solution can be used in all pallet racking systems and allows intregration to already exitisting warehouse structures with minimal effort, due to an interface to all common WMS and ERP systems.

Innovations

inventAIRy X offers a complete solution, which the consumers can deploy independently in their warehouses. The combination of drone and ground vehicle allows the automated navigation through the high rack warehouse, without sufficient GPS connection. The AGV operates completely autonomous with the help of the integrated inventAIRy X software and navigates through the warehouse based on determined geographical compositions. Thanks to its size the doks. solution can also be used in narrow aisles.

Besides the navigation, the AGV also ensures that the batteries of the drone are fully charged and ready for use. This allows the continuous operation of the inventAIRy X drone, which flies to every pallet slot, detecting and scanning bar codes. The drone is equipped with a high-resolution camera, that takes pictures of the pallet and the pallet rack during the scanning process. The user can retrieve and view the collected stock data on the handheld in real time. The inventAIRy X software transfers the collected and processed data via an interface to all common WMS and ERP systems.

Market relevance

Stocktaking is essential in the logistics industry and in many companies a time-consuming manual activity, involving both workers and supporting technical equipment. The e-commerce boom and on-demand deliveries are just a few economic factors that have significantly increased the requirements of the logistics industry in recent years. The growing demand in the future will cause further time-related challenges and efficiency problems, affected by mainly manual activities.

inventAIRy X offers a possibility of relieving the burden, if the same capacity can be done in less time and with less human interaction, while increasing the accuracy and completeness of stock data. That especially applies to Third Party Logistics-companies (3PL). With the help of inventAIRy X, companies can increase their efficiency in warehousing and thus stay competitive. Next to 3PL, Automotive, Retail and manufacturing companies can benefit of time and cost savings in obligatory stocktaking processes.

Customer benefits

inventAIRy X offers the customer significant time and cost savings for stocktaking in high rack warehouses. During the drone’s flight operation, one employee must be present to monitor the inventory process and intervene if irregularities occur. The other employees can be deployed for value-adding activities. Another advantage of the automated inventory is that the error rate, especially under time pressure, is lower compared to the human counterpart.

The integrated obstacle avoidance of the inventAIRy X drone guarantees the safety of humans and objects by coming to an immediate stop when obstacles are detected. The flight operation also replaces the activity of an employee at dizzying heights and minimizes the accident risk. inventAIRy X can also be used beyond the main working hours, so as not to disrupt workflows and to use idle times wisely.

The decisive criteria for many logistics companies to use inventAIRy X are the live monitoring of the warehouse, during the operation, as well as the minimal-effort integration into existing WMS and ERP systems. The ascertained data can be employed for preservation of evidence and can serve as a basis for optimizing further planning processes.