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UVL Robotics · India distribution by xBoom

Stocktake at warehouse speed.

The UVL Inventory Management Drone flies the racks autonomously. 1,200 pallets per battery at 2–5 seconds each. Zero ladders, zero stoppage, zero data-entry. ERP-ready in XML / EDI.

Trusted globally by PepsiCo, FM Logistics, and Kimberly-Clark. Now distributed in India by xBoom — for Flipkart-class fulfilment centres, FMCG distribution, 3PL fulfilment networks, retail backstock, automotive parts, pharmaceutical and cold-chain warehouses. Site survey · topology mapping · ERP / WMS integration · pilot training · AMC included.

1,200 Pallets scanned per battery
2–5 sec Per-pallet scan time
50× Faster than manual stocktake
35 min Flight time per battery
UVL Inventory Management Drone scanning warehouse pallets autonomously
001 · The five jobs of an inventory drone

Stocktake, scan, sync, reconcile, remove humans from ladders.

Autonomous stocktake

Drone flies the racks without a pilot. Daily cycle counts that used to be monthly. Full warehouse audits that used to take three days now finish overnight.

Barcode & QR scanning

High-resolution imaging reads pallet labels — barcode, 2D matrix, QR — at 2–5 seconds per pallet. Error-proofed against the uploaded warehouse topology.

Direct ERP / WMS sync

Inventory report streams into SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Manhattan WMS, Blue Yonder, or your custom stack via XML or EDI. Zero manual data entry.

Error-proofing & reconciliation

Cross-validates scan results against expected topology and prior counts. Flags missing pallets, mis-located SKUs, and label-quality issues automatically.

Safety: no humans on ladders

Eliminates ladder, forklift-cage, and order-picker climbing for stocktake. Insurance-grade reduction in warehouse incident risk.

002 · Why a drone instead of a manual team or handheld scanners

Six numbers your CFO and Head of Logistics both want to see.

50× faster on full counts

A 100,000 sq ft facility goes from 2–3 days of manual stocktake to 4–6 hours of autonomous drone flight. Cycle counts move from monthly to daily.

99.9%+ accuracy

Topology-aware error-proofing eliminates the data-entry mistakes that contaminate manual scans. Independent audits show drone counts beat manual counts on every pass.

24×7 capable

Schedule overnight, on weekends, during shift changeovers. The warehouse never has to pause receiving, picking, or shipping for stocktake again.

Zero-incident safety

Removes the leading cause of warehouse stocktake injuries — ladder climbs, order-picker falls, forklift-cage incidents. Insurance premiums reflect this.

Multi-drone scalable

Single drone for a 5,000-pallet facility, 3–5 drones for 50,000 pallets, 15+ for million-pallet mega-FCs. Scale bounded by aisle traffic, not platform.

ERP / WMS native

XML and EDI outputs land directly in SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, Microsoft Dynamics. We have done India-specific custom WMS integrations too.

003 · How it works · the autonomous loop

Launch. Scan. Process. Sync.

Four steps, run in parallel across an unlimited drone fleet, repeated every shift, every night.

01

Launch & topology load

Drone launches from its base. Aisle map, rack heights and label types are pre-loaded into the ground station. No pilot, no human in the warehouse needed.

02

Sequential rack scan

Flies aisle-by-aisle, hovers 2–5 seconds at each pallet, captures high-resolution barcode / QR. Anti-collision sensors prevent any contact with pallets, racks or staff.

03

Ground-station processing

Captured data streams live to the ground station. Topology-aware error-proofing, cross-validation against prior counts, and report assembly happens in real time.

04

ERP / WMS sync

XML inventory report or EDI feed pushes into your ERP / WMS within minutes of scan completion. Stock accuracy refreshes overnight, every night.

004 · Key specifications

Built for Indian warehouse reality — narrow aisles, mainland heat, cold-chain cold.

Pallets per battery 600 to 1,200 pallets
Time per pallet 2 to 5 seconds
Flight time 35 minutes per battery
Battery swap 7 to 10 seconds (hot-swap)
Operating temperature -20 °C to +40 °C (cold-chain capable)
Battery type High-capacity Lithium-ion
Aisle compatibility Narrow and wide aisles
Anti-collision Active sensor suite
Imaging High-resolution barcode / QR / matrix labels
ERP integration XML reports · EDI transmission · direct WMS
Multi-drone operation Unlimited drones simultaneously
Operating environment All-weather indoor (light, temperature, humidity tolerant)
005 · Eight features that matter on RFP day

Every feature has a procurement question tied to it.

Li-ion battery

High-capacity lithium-ion power cells deliver 35-minute flight times and survive thousands of charge cycles. Hot-swap design means 7–10 second battery changeover keeps the drone in the air without operator delay.

Error-proofing system

Topology-aware reconciliation flags missing pallets, mis-located SKUs and label-quality issues during the scan — not after. Eliminates the data-entry mistakes that pollute manual stocktakes.

Narrow + wide aisle

Same airframe handles VNA (very narrow aisle, ~1.6 m) racking and conventional ~3.5 m wide-aisle setups. No site-specific drone variant needed — one platform across your entire warehouse network.

Active anti-collision

Forward, lateral and overhead sensors prevent contact with pallets, racks, conveyors, forklifts, mezzanines and any human traffic. Insurance-grade safety record from PepsiCo, FM Logistics and Kimberly-Clark deployments.

ERP / WMS integration

Standardised XML / EDI outputs land directly in SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Manhattan WMS, Blue Yonder, Infor — and India-specific custom WMS stacks. No middleware, no manual rekeying.

Unlimited scalability

System runs an unlimited number of drones simultaneously across a single facility. Scale grows linearly — 1 drone for 5K-pallet warehouses, 15+ for million-pallet mega-FCs. Bounded only by aisle traffic.

High-resolution imaging

Pallet labels read accurately at 2–5 seconds per pallet across barcode, 2D matrix and QR formats — even with degraded, scuffed or partially obscured labels.

All-weather indoor

Designed for the full Indian warehouse temperature range — mainland summers (+40 °C) to cold-chain pharma and food storage (-20 °C). Reliability tested across humidity, dust and lighting variation.

006 · Where it fits in Indian warehousing

Eight segments where UVL is already the right answer.

India's GST-driven warehousing consolidation has produced mega-fulfilment centres, 3PL networks and FMCG distribution depots that are the perfect fit for autonomous stocktake. UVL deploys cleanly across all eight segments below.

E-commerce mega-FCs

Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho, Myntra, BigBasket, Blinkit, Zepto. Pallet counts from 200K to 2M+ per facility. Ideal candidate for daily cycle counts and BVLOS-equivalent overnight ops.

3PL fulfilment networks

Mahindra Logistics, TVS Supply Chain, Gati, Allcargo Logistics, DHL Supply Chain, Blue Dart. Multi-tenant warehouses where stock-accuracy SLAs drive customer retention. Multi-customer ERP integrations.

Retail backstock & DC

DMart, Reliance Retail, Croma, Tata Cliq, Lifestyle. Distribution centre pallet counts plus retail backstock visibility. Replaces weekly manual stocktake cycle entirely.

FMCG distribution

HUL, Nestlé, ITC, P&G, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Britannia, Dabur. Already proven globally at PepsiCo and Kimberly-Clark. Sub-pallet SKU diversity is the perfect fit.

Automotive parts

Tata, Mahindra, Maruti, Hero, Bajaj, TVS. Spare-parts warehouses with 50K+ SKUs and after-market 3PLs. High-velocity SKU rotation makes weekly cycle counts critical.

Pharma warehousing

Sun Pharma, Cipla, Dr Reddy's, Lupin, Aurobindo, Glenmark. Regulated batch tracking, expiry-date verification, and cold-chain compliance. -20 °C envelope crucial.

Cold-chain & food

Snowman Logistics, Coldrush, Sneha Farms, Future Group cold storage. Drone's -20 °C operating range is rare in the inventory-drone market — competitive moat for cold facilities.

Industrial & bulk

Reliance, JSW, Tata Steel, Adani, Vedanta. Bulk and intermediate-goods warehouses where topology is stable but pallet counts run into hundreds of thousands.

007 · Manual vs drone · the side-by-side

Seven attributes. Drone wins all seven.

The simple comparison your CFO will sign off on.

Attribute Manual stocktake UVL Inventory Drone
Time for full warehouse stocktake (100 K pallets) 2–3 days 4–6 hours
Cycle-count frequency Monthly Daily
Stock-count accuracy 94–97% 99.9%+
Operations during count Halted Uninterrupted
Human ladder / lift exposure High Zero
Data into ERP Manual entry, hours later XML / EDI, minutes later
Cost per cycle count Labour + downtime Battery + scheduled overhead
008 · Who signs the contract · proven globally

Four roles drive procurement. Three global FMCG / 3PL leaders already live.

Global reference deployments

PepsiCo

Global FMCG leader. UVL deployed across multiple distribution centres for daily cycle counts integrated to corporate ERP.

FM Logistics

Pan-European 3PL operator. Multi-tenant warehouses running UVL drones for customer-specific stocktake SLAs.

Kimberly-Clark

Global personal-care manufacturer. UVL drones in distribution centres feeding daily inventory snapshots into corporate WMS.

Buyer profiles in your organisation

Head of Logistics / Supply Chain

Owns stock-accuracy SLAs, working-capital lock-up and audit cycles. Buys for SLA improvement and faster cycle-count cadence. ROI within 12–18 months on most facilities.

Warehouse / DC Manager

Owns daily ops, picker productivity, safety incidents. Buys for safety reduction, faster receiving-to-availability cycles, and recovering picker hours from stocktake.

CIO / Head of WMS

Owns ERP / WMS architecture, master-data quality, integration roadmap. Buys for clean stock-status feeds and elimination of manual reconciliation overhead.

CFO / Finance

Owns inventory write-offs, audit clean-up, working-capital efficiency. Buys for shrinkage reduction, audit-readiness, and provable ROI on stocktake automation.

009 · Deployment program · 6–10 weeks contract to live

From site survey to first cycle count, in one quarter.

01

Site survey & topology map

xBoom engineering team visits the warehouse. Maps aisle layout, rack heights, label types and condition, Wi-Fi backbone, and identifies any pre-deployment fixes (label refresh, light upgrade, etc.). 1–2 weeks.

02

Hardware import & configuration

UVL drone fleet, base station, and ground station imported and configured to your warehouse topology. Customs handling, GST invoicing, DGCA registration handled by xBoom. 2 weeks typical.

03

ERP / WMS integration

XML / EDI integration with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, Infor, or custom WMS. UAT against historical cycle counts. 2–3 weeks.

04

Pilot training & live ops

DGCA-aligned operator training, ground-station SOP, live parallel-run with manual stocktake for one cycle, then go-live. 12-month standard AMC with optional 24×7 support. 2 weeks.

010 · Frequently asked

The questions our warehouse customers actually ask.

What is the UVL Inventory Management Drone?
An autonomous warehouse inventory-management drone built by UVL Robotics and distributed in India by xBoom. It flies the racks without a pilot, reads barcodes and QR labels with high-resolution imaging, and pushes inventory reports directly into your ERP / WMS via XML or EDI. Scans 600–1,200 pallets per battery at 2–5 seconds per pallet, 35-minute flight time, 7–10 second battery swap. Trusted globally by PepsiCo, FM Logistics and Kimberly-Clark.
How fast is it compared to a manual stocktake team?
Up to 50 times faster on full-warehouse counts. A 100,000 sq ft manual stocktake takes 2–3 days; UVL completes the same count in 4–6 hours, run after-hours without human presence, and streams results into the ERP before staff are back the next day. Cycle counts move from monthly to daily.
Does it integrate with our ERP / WMS?
Yes. The ground station produces XML reports for direct import or pushes EDI feeds into the ERP / WMS. We have integrated with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Manhattan WMS, Blue Yonder (JDA), Infor, and several India-specific custom WMS stacks. Integration scoping is part of our deployment program.
What are the warehouse pre-requisites?
A reasonably stable indoor environment is enough. The drone handles narrow and wide aisles, all-weather indoor conditions, low-light, and operating temperatures from -20 °C to +40 °C — including cold-chain warehouses. The site survey we run as step one of deployment confirms aisle clearance, rack heights, label readability and Wi-Fi backbone for the ground station.
Is one drone enough or do we need a fleet?
Depends on warehouse size and counting frequency. A single drone handles 600–1,200 pallets per battery and 4–8 batteries per shift. A 50,000-pallet facility doing daily cycle counts typically deploys 3–5 drones in parallel; a million-pallet mega-FC may run 15+ simultaneously. The system supports unlimited drones operating concurrently.
Is it safe for warehouse staff and goods?
Yes. Active anti-collision sensor suite prevents contact with pallets, racks, conveyors, forklifts, mezzanines and human traffic. Typically scheduled for off-shift hours (overnight, weekends) for full counts and during shift changeovers for live cycle counts. Insurance-grade safety record across PepsiCo, FM Logistics and Kimberly-Clark deployments.
Which Indian warehouses is this best for?
Mega-fulfilment centres for e-commerce (Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho, Myntra, BigBasket, Blinkit, Zepto), 3PL operators (Mahindra Logistics, TVS Supply Chain, Gati, Allcargo, DHL Supply Chain, Blue Dart), retail backstock (DMart, Reliance Retail, Croma), FMCG distribution (HUL, Nestlé, ITC, P&G, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola), automotive parts (Tata, Mahindra, Maruti, Hero, Bajaj, TVS), pharmaceuticals (Sun, Cipla, Dr Reddy's, Lupin), cold-chain (Snowman, Coldrush) and bulk industrial. Anywhere SKU count is >10,000 pallets and stock accuracy matters.
What does it cost?
Quoted on request. Pricing depends on warehouse footprint, drone count, ERP integration scope, AMC tier and pilot-training cohort size. Brief us on warehouse area, pallet count, current count frequency, ERP system, and integration timelines — we will come back with a complete proposal within one business day. Options for outright purchase, drone-as-a-service, or staged rollout.
How long does deployment take from contract to live ops?
Typically 6–10 weeks. Two weeks for site survey and topology mapping, two weeks for hardware import and configuration, two weeks for ERP / WMS integration testing, and two weeks for pilot training and parallel-run validation. Multi-site rollouts and new-warehouse fit-outs are programmed quarter-by-quarter.
Do you offer pilot training and ongoing support?
Yes. Every deployment includes DGCA-aligned operator training, ground-station SOP training, ERP-integration handover, and 12-month standard AMC with optional 24×7 support. Bengaluru service centre plus field engineers covering pan-India deployments. Drone pilot training programs are also available standalone.
Brief our team · 1-business-day turnaround

Tell us about your warehouse.

Pallet count, footprint, current count frequency, ERP system in use. We come back within one business day with the right configuration — drone count, integration scope, deployment timeline and pricing.

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