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Tally is a robot that combines autofocus, auto-exposure and HDR camera systems, powered by Intel Realsense 3D cameras, to navigate and analyze the store environment.
About
Regional Retailer Schnucks first piloted Tally in July of 2017 and expanded to additional stores in 2018 and 2020 and chainwide in 2022. Tally traverses store aisles up to three times per day and autonomously captures on-shelf data including inventory position, price accuracy, and promotional execution. Additional benefits of Tally include: monetisation of data to CPGs. Overall, Tally increase customers satisfaction.
Key Benefits
For example at Schnucks: Detecting 14x more addressable out-of-stocks than manual scans Enabled 20-30 percent reduction in out-of-stock items Increased price tag and promotional execution compliance in stores across tens of thousands of products per day Increased accuracy of real-time inventory integrated into Schnucks’ automated replenishment system, streamlining ordering and ensuring store shelves are restocked quicker to meet customer needs Delivered access to real-time product location data through the Schnucks Rewards app, enabling more efficient shopping trips for customers, restocking and fulfillment activities for store teams, and 3rd party e-commerce partners.
Applications
Recent patent: https://thespoon.tech/grocery-robot-specialist-simbe-robotics-patents-system-to-detect-produce-freshness/