As part of IKEA’s technological expansion, Swedish retail giant has expanded its autonomous fleet to 100 drones across 16 locations in Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

作为宜家技术扩张的一部分，瑞典零售巨头宜家已经配置了100架无人机，分布在比利时、克罗地亚、斯洛文尼亚、德国、意大利、荷兰和瑞士的16个库存点。

The Netherlands-based IKEA franchising partner Ingka cooperated with a Zurich-based startup Verity to develop the technology. Verity has been providing IKEA franchises with its systems since the tech’s introduction two years ago.

总部位于荷兰的宜家特许经营合作伙伴Ingka，与苏黎世的初创公司Verity合作开发了这项技术。自两年前引入该技术以来，Verity一直在为宜家特许经营提供技术服务。

“We are investing in technology across the board so that our stores can better support customer fulfillment and become true centers for omnichannel retailing,” says Tolga ?ncu of Dutch IKEA holding company INGKA.

“我们正在全面投资于技术，以便我们的商店能够更好地服务客户，并成为真正的全渠道零售中心。”荷兰宜家控股公司INGKA的托尔加·安库表示。

“Introducing drones and other advanced tools — such as, for example, robots for picking up goods — is a genuine win-win for everybody. It improves our co-workers’ well-being, lowers operational costs and allows us to become more affordable and convenient for our customers.”

他说：“引入无人机和其他先进工具，比如用于提货的机器人，对各方来说都是真正的双赢。它提高了同事的幸福感，降低了运营成本，并使我们能够为客户提供更实惠和更便捷的服务。”

100 drones are now deployed during non-operational hours （between 10:30 p.m. and 4 a.m.）， working to ensure stock accuracy and offering real-time overview of the items.

目前，在非营业时间（晚上10点半至凌晨4点）有100架无人机在清点库存，并提供商品的实时概览。

In the meantime, the manual process of checking barcodes of over 10,000 IKEA’s stocking spots could take up to three months.

而在之前，人工检查宜家1万多个库存点的条形码，可能需要长达三个月的时间。