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Using a drone to scan barcodes in high warehouses saves hundreds of man-hours during stock-take or physical inventory. The drone flys up to the high shelves and scans the barcodes on each item, as well as the barcode on the shelf.
This saves the time and effort of lifting a human up to the high shelves using a forklift or reach truck which can be as high as 8m.
There are huge savings to be made in reducing the effort of manual barcode scanning of high shelves which is both time consuming, dangerous, and energy inefficient.
The DroneScan Airborne data collection system uses the latest drone platforms, hardware, software, scanning and communications technology to provide robotic scanning solutions of high shelves in large uniform warehouses.
The barcode or RFID reader equiped drones have on-board sensors to keep them within optimal scanning range from the racks and pallets in the warehouse while they scan the item and shelf barcodes.
Sensors on the drone provide information to the on-board flight controller to keep it at the correct height to scan the rack and pallet item barcodes in the warehouse. The height of the drone is communicated over a wireless link from the server which uses a database to process the scanned barcodes and send commands to the drone, while building up a list of items scanned in the inventory.
This saves the time and effort of lifting a human up to the high shelves using a forklift or reach truck which can be as high as 8m.
There are huge savings to be made in reducing the effort of manual barcode scanning of high shelves which is both time consuming, dangerous, and energy inefficient.
The DroneScan Airborne data collection system uses the latest drone platforms, hardware, software, scanning and communications technology to provide robotic scanning solutions of high shelves in large uniform warehouses.
The barcode or RFID reader equiped drones have on-board sensors to keep them within optimal scanning range from the racks and pallets in the warehouse while they scan the item and shelf barcodes.
Sensors on the drone provide information to the on-board flight controller to keep it at the correct height to scan the rack and pallet item barcodes in the warehouse. The height of the drone is communicated over a wireless link from the server which uses a database to process the scanned barcodes and send commands to the drone, while building up a list of items scanned in the inventory.
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Location
South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban
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+27 83 280 5563
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| Sep 23, 2019 | SA drone startups, companies look overseas to shore up business | SA drone manufacturing companies startups are aiming to hit it big overseas — in both developing and emerging markets — with four such startups reporting that business with international customers is taking off. Earlier this year Cape Town... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Silicon Durbs aims to turn beach city into country’s next tech hub | While Cape Town has long been held as SA’s startup capital and Gauteng has recently emerged as a strong contender, a Durban-based organisation is now looking to turn the beach city into the country’s next tech hub. But Lindani Mkhize, (pic... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Silicon Durbs aims to turn beach city into country’s next tech hub | While Cape Town has long been held as SA’s startup capital and Gauteng has recently emerged as a strong contender, a Durban-based organisation is now looking to turn the beach city into the country’s next tech hub. But Lindani Mkhize, (pict... |
| Jul 9, 2018 | A Quick Look At The Different Sectors Drone Tech Is Transforming In Africa | Drones, those aerial vehicles that require no human pilots, originally used for military purposes, have gone from being popular for taking aerial images to now delivering life saving medical supplies. Today, it is finding application in dif... |
| Feb 14, 2018 | African Agtech Market Map: 99 Technologies Changing the Future of Agriculture in Africa | Editor’s Note: Lina Belmaachi is cofounder of The Seed Project, a non-profit think tank. The team spent time on-the-ground in Africa in order to do a diagnosis and identify pain points across the agricultural value chain before heading to w... |
| Oct 16, 2017 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [16/10/2017] | Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of t... |
| Oct 16, 2017 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [16/10/2017] | Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of t... |
| Jul 17, 2017 | 6 drone startups in South Africa to look out for [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| Jul 17, 2017 | 6 drone startups in South Africa to look out for [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
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What has the press written about DroneScan?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning DroneScan, among them “SA drone startups, companies look overseas to shore up business” (Sep 23, 2019) and “Silicon Durbs aims to turn beach city into country’s next tech hub” (Mar 12, 2019).
Is DroneScan still active?
Yes, DroneScan is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 23, 2019.