- Has the flexibility to find your missing inventory quickly
- Can show data insights including read multiple barcodes, read text on your boxes, do case counting and occupancy estimates
- Works with no modifications to your warehouse
gather vs verity
Which Solution Best Meets Your Needs?
Gather AI and Verity both offer a proven drone-powered inventory monitoring solution. There are some differences in our approaches and which one you choose depends on what your facility needs are.
Gather AI
You should choose Gather AI if you need a solution that:
Turn inventory management into a strategic advantage with up-to-the-minute scans that help you proactively avoid inventory mishaps and keep operations running smoothly with fewer manual resources.
verity
You Should Choose Verity if You Need a Solution That:
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Runs without people
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Doesn’t help when you have inventory fire drills
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Only runs in the warehouse when your facility is down
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Has a 12 hour time delay
Solution Comparison
Facility Needs
How quickly do you need to problem-solve inventory challenges?
You need to be able to find misplaced inventory immediately. A drone can be can be brought to any location in the warehouse to scan locations whenever you need it.
Drone scans during off-hours when no one is in the warehouse
What speed do you want to cover the warehouse?
Autonomous drone flies continuously with an operator changing the battery. One operator flies 3 drones at once and can do inventory monitoring 15x faster than traditional means (900 pallets per hour)
Drones need to fly to the scanning location to and from the charging nest, wasting time and battery. Once the battery is low the drone needs to park for longer than it flies to recharge.
How much hardware do you want to purchase?
A single drone can cover the full warehouse as the drone has the flexibility to be brought to any location and can take has the flexibility to take off from anywhere.
Depending on the size, you may need multiple drones and charge pads to cover the full warehouse.
What insights do you need?
Able to read multiple barcode in a single scan, read text, and count the face of a pallet.
Only reads big barcodes and requires specific barcode placement. Does not read text.
Do you have seasonal operational surges?
Ability to add or reduce drones based on your needs.
Would be difficult, as new infrastructure is needed for charging bases.
Do you want access to the latest and best drone technology?
Uses commodity commercial drones, manufactured in the millions, leveraging the quality and cost benefits of scale and giving customers access to the latest drone technology which includes improvements in battery life and camera quality.
Drones are custom-built in small numbers. Any improvements in technology would have to be developed and implemented by Verity.
Do you need local support?
We are headquartered in the United States and replace drones and hardware at no extra cost with 1-workday delivery.
Headquartered in Switzerland. Unsure of replacement time.
How easy is it to make infrastructure changes in your warehouse?
No active infrastructure changes needed. No wifi required and solution can operate in complete darkness and in very narrow aisles down to 5’4”.
Only change required is stickers that are placed on racks by the Gather AI team. Deployment is 2-4 weeks.
Only change required is stickers that are placed on racks by the Gather AI team. Deployment is 2-4 weeks.
Active infrastructure is needed including power drops and network connectivity for each charging station and the installation of localization beacons for robots to navigation.
Gather AI FAQs
Didn’t find an answer on your question?
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Can the Gather AI solution count cases on partial pallets?
Yes. We are able to use TiHi stacking pattern information from the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to estimate case counts to the nearest complete layer.
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How does the system identify discrepancies between inventory and the WMS?
Our computer vision reads inventory information, including LPNs, UPCs, text, lot codes, and more from the images captured by the drone. This inventory data is then compared with what is in the WMS or ERP. The results are displayed on the Gather AI dashboard where operators can view time and location-stamped images of the inventory, and review matches, empty locations, and exceptions to make informed decisions to correct discrepancies.
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Can the drones autonomously operate or is manual input required?
The drone flies autonomously. With our solution, a drone operator selects the mission and places the drone in the aisle where the mission is to be flown. The drone flies the selected mission without support from an operator. A single operator can fly up to 3 drones at once, to maximize efficiency and throughput.
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How do you make sure that the Gather AI solution compares the inventory images taken by the drone with the most up-to-date inventory information from the WMS?
Prior to every flight, the drone calls for the most up-to-date version of the WMS file. The WMS information can be shared with an automated CSV file upload or a direct integration. If an old WMS snapshot is detected, the mission is rejected and the Operator is prompted to update the WMS snapshot.
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Will the Gather AI solution work in warehouses where inventory is stored in racks but not on pallets?
Yes, our solution is versatile and can handle various storage configurations. Our image analysis algorithms interpret images to provide accurate inventory data, regardless of specific storage methods.
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