Drones revolutionise Middle East’s warehousing, last mile delivery & inventory operations
Drones are set to totally transform the Middle East’s warehousing and logistics sectors with operations in Oman imminent, according to a speaker at Hypermotion Dubai’s Scalex (Supply Chain, and Logistics Excellence) conference at the Dubai Exhibition Centre. Speaking ahead of the conference, which takes place from 2-4 November, Moosa Karim Albalushi, MENA director of US-based UVL Robotics plans to demonstrate how the region’s last mile delivery will soon be ‘people-less’ and climate-proof.
“Drones are designed for the most extreme temperatures and can deliver a package several times faster than a normal courier, thereby reducing the cost and delivery time,” he explained. UVL Robotics’ drones also include inventory technology which can deliver accurate, fast, and secure stock counts.
“Our drones can fly autonomously inside a warehouse and are equipped with high-precision scanners, optical rangefinders, and HD cameras,” explained Albalushi. “The data that the drone scans and processes during the flight is automatically uploaded to the ground station and then integrated through special software with the warehouse’s WMS system.
The client can monitor the inventory progress on monitors in real time, as well as evaluate the integrity of pallets from drone photos.”
The UVL Robotics Scalex presentation comes as the company becomes the first to set up a fully autonomous last-mile delivery drone system in Oman and confirms that it has completed inventory pilot testing with some of the region’s biggest players.
“We are the first company in the world to offer a full range of drone inventory services in the B2B segment,” confirmed Albalushi.
“40,000 pallets – the volume of a large customer’s warehouse, was calculated by 10 drones in a few hours.
