Simplifying Logistics: Honeywell and Stereolabs Develop Innovative Mobile Solution

Honeywell announced its collaboration with Stereolabs on the development of a new mobile solution that can quickly and accurately measure the size, volume and weight of boxes and pallets in a distribution center to help increase delivery speed and lower shipping costs.

The collaboration will combine Stereolabs’ stereoscopic cameras – which use a vision-based artificial intelligence perception system to measure the dimensions of products – with Honeywell’s SwiftDecoder software – which captures barcode data and other written information – in one innovative mobile solution. This will enable logistics operators to better plan truck loading, understand the number of vehicles needed to transport goods and effectively trace the items being transported.

Today, many warehouses and logistics providers operate manually, with some using tape measures and weigh scales to determine the dimensions and weight of products for transport. Others use fixed systems or scan tunnels to identify and measure each box and package coming through a conveyor belt. In contrast to these often inefficient processes, the mobile solution from Honeywell and Stereolabs will now allow for more agile daily operations in distribution centers.

The new joint solution integrates the Stereolabs ZED stereoscopic camera and calculator with Honeywell’s SwiftDecoder barcode-decoding software to capture critical weight and dimension information. From there, data is then automatically uploaded to a central database, allowing a business to understand the volume and composition of the boxes and pallets transported in each trailer in real time so it can plan the most efficient and cost-effective way to transport, load or de-stock goods.