Tesco Deploys Tag-Reading Robot at Five Stores to Track F&F Clothing

Global retailer Tesco Stores Ltd. is trialing an indoor mapping and analytics robotic system using radio frequency identification at its fashion departments in five U.K. stores, tracking its F&F brand garments to determine whether the technology can improve efficiency and inventory visibility. The deployment involves robotic machines that roam through a store's clothing department, so that onboard RFID readers can perform inventory counts by reading each garment's passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) EPC Gen 2 RFID tag.