RFID's Magic Carpet Ride

Here's an idea that may floor you -- carpeting embedded with RFID chips. They say it will help control automated vacuum cleaners and factory floor robots. You can even install the stuff under 30mm of traditional flooring.

German Vorwerk shows a carpet with integrated RFID grid. The smart floor carpet can be used to lead robots around buildings. A floor cleaning robot could clean more efficient as he can use the RFID tags as guides. Data can also be stored to the RFID tags, which could for instance allow areas to be marked as cleaned. Other uses are factory floors where transport robots need to find their way from point A to B.

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