FEIG Electronics has teamed up with Tiger Labs and Congruex to develop a drone that can capture passive UHF RFID tag reads from a height of 25 feet, then forward that data, along with GPS-based location information, via Wi-Fi, LoRa or Zigbee.
Apr 23, 2019—
Several companies that manage large volumes of vehicles are piloting a passive RFID-based drone solution that captures the tag IDs of UHF RFID tags on vehicles, then forwards that data to a server, either in real time or via a Wi-Fi connection after the drone has completed its flights. The drones enable users to collect data regarding where thousands of vehicles are located across large areas, with an accuracy of about 8 feet.
The solution is the result of collaborative efforts between RFID company FEIG Electronics, electronics product development firm Tiger Labs Corp. and drone technology company CCLD Technologies, owned by Congruex. The three Atlanta-based businesses teamed up to develop an RFID-enabled solution for use by the automotive market, to automatically locate and identify vehicles in large yards or storage lots, at a relatively low cost. The companies displayed the resulting technology at this year’s RFID Journal LIVE! conference, held this month in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Source: UHF Reading Drone Tracks Vehicles, Assets – 2019-04-23 – Page 1 – RFID Journal