New Angle of Usage - Grocery Store Aisle Inventory

[Dougcjohn]

Interesting little news bit... Using a drone for Grocery aisle inventory.
Per the article it's while customers are in the store and in the aisles.

Drone Scan on Aisle 3: Pensa Pilots Grocery Store Inventory Solution

The next time you stop at your local grocery store for eggs and bread, don’t be surprised to see small drones scanning shelves. Austin-based retail-tech firm Pensa is testing a new system in select retailers to capture in-store, real-time data by launching drones to fly around store shelves. The...

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[AH-1G]

It's far more efficient to use a robot on wheels.
Hey iRobt here's your next gig, not only cleaning up aisles 3, but at the same time take inventory.?

 

[Dougcjohn]

Sounds like it's working well for their development program.

The part I found interesting was that the drones are stated to be very quite and they work around the customers. That part sounds interesting, so if props are fully enclosed these mini drones can fly autonomous around customers?

Interesting tangent... if camera sharp for barcode, it might be interesting project. My question would be product not placed in proper location on shelves.

But technology side, it's a good development for autonomous programming.