Autonomous Warehouse
Inventory Management

Replace manual cycle counting with AI-powered autonomous drones. Daily full-facility scans, 99%+ accuracy within 90 days, direct WMS integration — with zero changes to your facility infrastructure.

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Manual Inventory Management Is Broken

Most distribution centers operate at 85–95% inventory accuracy on any given day. That 5–15% gap drives failed picks, emergency replenishment, shrinkage, and customer service failures — all from a process that consumes 2–4 FTEs doing nothing but walking aisles with a scanner.

Annual physical inventories require teams of 8–130 people, days of operational disruption, and external auditors — for a snapshot of inventory that starts degrading the moment counting ends. There is a better way.

85–95%
Typical DC inventory accuracy — meaning 5–15% of locations are wrong at any given time
2–4 FTE
Dedicated to cycle counting at a typical mid-size DC — $120K–$250K in annual labor cost
$8–25
Cost of every failed pick driven by an inaccurate WMS record
1–3 days
Operational disruption for annual physical inventory events

Autonomous Drones Replace Manual Counting — Entirely

Autonomous AI drones fly your warehouse aisles every day, scan every barcode, and upload a complete discrepancy report to your WMS before the next shift begins. No pilots. No scanners. No disruption to operations.

Daily

Full-Facility Cycle Counts

Every location counted every day. Discrepancies caught the day they occur — not weeks or months later. Your WMS becomes genuinely trustworthy.

99%+

Inventory Accuracy in 90 Days

From a typical 85–95% baseline to 99%+ within 90 days of go-live. Documented across deployments at GNC, LAPP USA, and 500+ other facilities.

Zero

Infrastructure Changes Required

No WiFi, no GPS, no reflectors, no racking modification. A power drop and ethernet connection at each cradle location. That's it.

From Cradle to WMS — Fully Autonomous

Corvus One autonomous inventory drone launching from Corvus Cradle dock on warehouse rack
1
Drone launches from Corvus Cradle

Autonomously launches on a programmed schedule — day, night, or lights-out. No human needed to start, supervise, or land the mission.

2
Flies aisles at walking speed

14-camera array scans every pallet face, reads every barcode, captures timestamped photos linked to WMS location addresses. Forklifts and staff work normally around it.

3
Returns, recharges, repeats

Monitors battery level, returns to cradle autonomously, recharges, and relaunches for the next aisle. No human battery swap. Ever.

4
Discrepancy report syncs to WMS

AIMS platform uploads all scan data to your WMS — SAP, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, Oracle, and others. Supervisors review discrepancies and approve adjustments. No manual data entry.

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Built for These Operations

📦

Distribution Centers

High-velocity DC operations with 50,000+ locations, multiple SKUs, and daily order fulfillment requirements where accuracy failures directly drive customer service costs.

❄️

Cold Chain & Frozen

Cold storage and frozen warehouse operators where human counting in sub-zero environments is slow, expensive, and creates safety exposure. Cold Chain variant operates to -20°F.

🏭

3PL Operators

Third-party logistics providers with multi-client accuracy SLAs who need daily verification across all client inventory without dedicating headcount to each client's counting needs.

🛒

Retail Distribution

Retailers and grocery DCs where inventory inaccuracy drives out-of-stock conditions and failed replenishment — the accuracy gap that costs sales every day.

💊

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

FDA-regulated supply chain operations requiring documented inventory accuracy with full audit trail — every count timestamped, location-tagged, and photo-documented.

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MRO Storerooms

Maintenance, repair, and operations storerooms at industrial facilities where parts availability directly affects uptime — and where inaccurate inventory drives emergency procurement.

Payback in 10–22 Months.
5-Year ROI of $1.5M+.

The ROI case for autonomous inventory management extends well beyond direct labor savings. When you model the full cost of manual inventory — including MHE diversion, annual PI events, shrinkage from infrequent counts, and failed pick cost — the total is typically 3–5× what operations teams estimate.

Most mid-size distribution centers achieve payback in 10–22 months. The subscription model means no CapEx — your ROI starts from month one with no capital appropriation required.

Typical Annual Savings Components
Direct cycle count labor (60% reduction)$87K–$150K
MHE diversion recovered$18K–$36K
Annual PI event reduction$40K–$80K
Shrinkage reduction$25K–$100K
Failed pick cost reduction$75K–$440K
Total Annual Value$245K–$800K+
Case Study · GNC

130 People → 8 People for Annual Physical Inventory

GNC deployed Corvus One across 40,000 locations at two distribution centers. Annual PI that previously required 130 people working around the clock now completes overnight, with 8 people resolving exceptions in 3 hours.

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From Assessment to Go-Live
in About 90 Days

Week 1–2

Free Facility Assessment

Actel Robotics evaluates your facility, models your ROI, and provides a fixed-scope proposal.

Week 2–8

Procurement & Prep

Hardware procured, WMS integration scoped, facilities and IT workstreams begin.

Week 8–10

Installation & Integration

Actel engineers on-site. Cradles mounted, WMS connected, test flights completed.

Week 10–12

Training & Go-Live

Staff trained, SOPs delivered, system live. 30-day support window included.

Ready to Eliminate Manual Cycle Counting?

Get a free facility assessment and ROI model from Actel Robotics. We serve distribution centers across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma from our Sugar Land headquarters.