Curious drones buzzing around warehouses are the new queen bees of inventory checks

Their sole purpose is to know their assigned warehouse inside and out, sort of like bees maintaining their hives.
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Curious drones buzzing around warehouses are the new queen bees of inventory checks
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Corvus Robotics designed these autonomous drones to be curious. Their sole purpose is to know their assigned warehouse inside and out, sort of like bees maintaining their hives. The drones can fly for weeks at a time exploring every piece of inventory around them with the idea that they can create a fully autonomous inventory tracking system.


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