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  Roberto Bera

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  Does anyone use RFID for positioning?

  Last year I was involved in a very interesting research project. The goal was to make easier and safer the manoeuvres of big slow “vehicles” in a delimited area.
  Automotive radars, infrared and laser sensors were not ok because we need to localize single defined points, not generic “obstacles”. GPS of market navigation systems are too raw (we need more precision) differential GPS are too expensive and useless (we don’t need to know where we are, but how we are far from…).
  We tried RFID using UWB of Ubisense. The result were very interesting, but hw was still expensive for a large scale use.
  Has anyone this kind of problem?
  Which kind of sensor has he used?
  Are there other experiences of use of RFID in this field?
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  • 22 Feb 2010, 09:47 am
  Roberto Bera wrote: > Last year I was involved in a very interesting research project. The > goal was to make easier and safer the manoeuvres of big slow > “vehicles” in a delimited area. > Automotive radars, infrared and laser sensors were not ok because we > need to localize single defined points, not generic “obstacles”. GPS > of market navigation systems are too raw (we need more precision) > differential GPS are too expensive and useless (we don’t need to know > where we are, but how we are far from…). > We tried RFID using UWB of Ubisense. The result were very > interesting, but hw was still expensive for a large scale use. > Has anyone this kind of problem? > Which kind of sensor has he used? > Are there other experiences of use of RFID in this field? > > Thanks in advance.
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  Markus Pfitscher

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  Re: Does anyone use RFID for positioning?

  Dear Roberto,
  
  Maybe IDENTEC SOLUTIONS is able to offer a solution. Have a look on http://www.identecsolutios.com
  
  For more details contact me on m.pfitscher@identecsolutions.com
  
  Best regards,
  Markus
  
  • 25 Feb 2010, 4:52 pm
  Markus Pfitscher wrote: > Dear Roberto, > > Maybe IDENTEC SOLUTIONS is able to offer a solution. Have a look on > www.identecsolutios.com > > For more details contact me on m.pfitscher@identecsolutions.com > > Best regards, > Markus
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  Hartmut KEUPER    Premium Member

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  Re: Does anyone use RFID for positioning?

  Dear Roberto,
  
  I was involved in some projects, were we used passive RFID in combination with special 3D readers for positioning.
  What are the distances/tolerances we are talking about ?
  
  
  
  Regards Hartmut
  
  • 25 Feb 2010, 7:30 pm
  Hartmut KEUPER wrote: > Dear Roberto, > > I was involved in some projects, were we used passive RFID in > combination with special 3D readers for positioning. > What are the distances/tolerances we are talking about ? > > > > Regards Hartmut
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  Roberto Bera

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  Re^3: Does anyone use RFID for positioning?

  thanks all for your answers!
  
  • 02 Mar 2010, 10:49 am
  Roberto Bera wrote: > thanks all for your answers!
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  Guenter Nolte    Premium Member   Group moderator

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  Re^4: Does anyone use RFID for positioning?

  Hello all,
  
  I am in touch with a customer who need such technology to track forklifts in an area with both open air and within halls and warehouses. Thus we can optimize the courses of FLTs and give transport orders to the FLT closest to a location where something has to be picked up.
  
  My current information from yesterday's visit to the CeBit fair is that systems with passive tags are in use, but still not precise enough. And water on the ground in the open air area may prevent a precise reading. With active tags, we are coming closer to the goal. As already mentioned, Albis are currently working on a solution. Who else? I want to link the read position to actions like picking up or depositing a handling unit in order to track transport activities and update the warehouse management system.
  
  Best regards
  Guenter Nolte
  
  • 06 Mar 2010, 4:07 pm
  Guenter Nolte wrote: > Hello all, > > I am in touch with a customer who need such technology to track > forklifts in an area with both open air and within halls and > warehouses. Thus we can optimize the courses of FLTs and give > transport orders to the FLT closest to a location where something has > to be picked up. > > My current information from yesterday's visit to the CeBit fair is > that systems with passive tags are in use, but still not precise > enough. And water on the ground in the open air area may prevent a > precise reading. With active tags, we are coming closer to the goal. > As already mentioned, Albis are currently working on a solution. Who > else? I want to link the read position to actions like picking up or > depositing a handling unit in order to track transport activities and > update the warehouse management system. > > Best regards > Guenter Nolte
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  Juozas Kimtys

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  Re^5: Does anyone use RFID for positioning?

  Hi,
  
  Try to enter in to Google search box:
  forklifts computer vision
  
  Best regards,
  Juozas Kimtys
  
  • 25 Jun 2010, 05:49 am
  Juozas Kimtys wrote: > Hi, > > Try to enter in to Google search box: > forklifts computer vision > > Best regards, > Juozas Kimtys