Roles In this pilot, VodafoneZiggo provides the 5G connection and, together with TNO and Ericsson, it produced the technical infrastructure for the indoor 5G network. The video images are then also used to count the goods. The first tests have demonstrated that the 5G network is fast enough to ensure that the drone can locate itself quickly and stably and can navigate on the basis of video images and sensor data that can be sent to the localisation algorithm in the edge network. 5G-network Together with a number of partners of 5Groningen, Arox started a pilot to study the possibilities of this 5G application and to work out the concept in more detail. As data is processed locally and sent via 5G, you obtain a faster reaction speed. Like delivering the processed information, gathering data takes place close to the source. Edge computing means that information is processed on the edge of the mobile network. Together with the team of 5Groningen, initiative of Economic Board Groningen, Bruining realised that the computing power could be put externally on an edge computer, enabling you to work with smaller and less expensive drones. This is difficult, because the more hardware you fit onto your drone, the heavier and more expensive the drone becomes. It requires a significant amount of computing power to have a drone fly independently and chart quantities. This counting and checking is a labour-intensive and expensive process." Small drones and edge computing Arno Bruining quickly came up with the idea of using drones to automate the counting process. "These days, companies need to count their stocks more often than before, because the throughput is much higher. Various companies with large warehouses asked him how they could make the counting process of stocks more efficient. "This 5G pilot is an important step in automating counting warehouse stocks", said Arno Bruining, director of Arox Smart Technologies B.V. Automating the counting process by using 5G technology is a world first! The participating parties in this 5G pilot are Arox, VMware, Dell EMC, VodafoneZiggo, Ericsson, University of Groningen, TNO and Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen. This pilot studies how the drone can gather images and then send those by using 5G in order to navigate and count independently.
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At the moment, counting and checking warehouse stocks is often a manual process.
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