Lakeba
Shelfie Robot
2018
Research, Concept, Development, GUI + Brand
Shelfie Retail: Autonomous Shelf-Scanning
Retail Sector’s Digital Transformation: An Australian robotic innovation enabling operational excellence among the global retail community.
Shelfie is a fully autonomous in-store inventory management system, available as a robot, drone, or hand-held/wall-mounted device. It scans shelves automatically and provides real-time stock reporting via the Shelfie Dashboard, built on Microsoft Power BI. This helps identify sales trends and provides intelligent insights to optimise merchandise layouts. Depending on store size, Shelfie can undertake a complete inventory check of a supermarket within three hours. Stocking shelves is one of the most time-consuming elements of running a supermarket, so any solution that saves time is welcomed by retailers. This is why Lakeba partnered with D+I and Marathon Targets to develop Shelfie, a solution with the potential to make a huge difference to the industry. Shelfie uses computer vision to understand the shelf environment and alert staff about anything that needs attention. It knows what the 'perfect shelf' looks like and informs store staff, in simple terms, what needs fixing. By combining robotics with computer vision and data analytics, Shelfie provides insights never available to retailers before, allowing them to measure how quickly stock gaps are addressed or new merchandise planograms are rolled out, providing a metric that can be tracked and improved.
Fly-By with the Shelfie Drone.
Roll-on with the Shelfie Robot.
Automate day-to-day operations and enable operational excellence.
Sheflie’s robotic technologies are leading retail’s digital transformation.
Intelligent Industry Innovation: Saving time and money.
Shelfie makes it possible to detect what product lines have run out with a simple aisle scan. The device sends a report to the correct point of contact, detailing what needs restocking and even sharing what quantity of stock is needed. Shelfie offers a completely integrated solution that encompasses drones for use in the warehouse and fixed cameras for larger department store environments — all linked to a sophisticated mobile app that provides detailed analytics. Shelfie has the potential to save supermarkets around the world hours of time and hundreds of thousands of dollars.