Autonomous Drone Inventory Audits for Dealership Lots
An AI-powered system that pairs drones with computer vision (YOLOv8) and RTK GPS to capture VINs, plates and coordinates across 10,000+ vehicles on dealership lots.
- Service: AI & Computer Vision
- Industry: Automotive
- Project Type: Drone + AI Platform
- Built By: Upstack Web
Project Requirement
Counting and checking vehicles on large dealership lots took staff around 3 days per audit and still produced errors. The goal was an automated audit that captures every vehicle quickly and accurately.
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Paired drones with custom YOLOv8 -
VIN capture
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License plate recognition
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RTK GPS coordinates
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Audit reports and matching
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Works across 10,000+ vehicles
Solution & Result
We built an autonomous audit system where drones scan the lot and computer vision reads VINs and plates, tagged with precise GPS coordinates. Audits went from 3 days to 45 minutes with 99.4% accuracy, saving about $120K per year per location.
