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IKEA Adds Stock-Counting Drones To More of Its Stores

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Ikea first partnered with the drone-making company Verity in 2020 to deploy the drones in Switzerland. The drones work by taking off from a charging station and then going to each pallet in the warehouse to capture images, videos, and 3D depth scans. Once the job is done, the drones return to their charging stations to download the collected data.

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Ikea adds stock-counting drones to more of its stores

Ikea is now using 100 drones to count inventory in its warehouses across 16 locations in Europe. The drones fly during nonoperational hours and help employees keep track of what’s in stock.

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IKEA Adds Stock-Counting Drones To More of Its Stores

In a blog post shared last week, Ingka, the legal entity responsible for most of Ikea's stores, says it now has a total of 100 autonomous drones counting stock in its warehouses during nonoperational hours. The Verge reports: Ikea first partnered with the drone-making company Verity in 2020 to depl...

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