Robot Employs RFID to Manage Warehouse Inventory

Several logistics companies and retailers are either piloting or deploying an RFID-enabled version of a robot that counts inventory—in some cases 24 hours a day, seven days a week—in and among personnel and moving equipment. The TagSurveyor robot, from California automation technology company Fetch Robotics, leverages UHF RFID reader technology, as well as the Freight100 robot base from sensor company Sick. The two firms demonstrated their technology at RFID Journal LIVE! 2018, held last month in Orlando, Fla.