FBI
Over the years (since 1908), the US FBI has accumulated a huge archive of documents. Since the beginning of this year, the secret service archive has been located in the small town of Winchester, Virginia and covers an area of 22,500 square meters. meters, where 360,000 boxes store almost 2 billion rubles. office management pages.
It is obvious that the search for even one document (paper or electronic) in "manual mode" in such conditions requires a lot of time. But what if we are talking about hundreds and thousands of requests coming in every day from 250 FBI offices? Soon, the routine functions of archive employees will be performed by a system of 140 micro-robots from AutoStore, which will be launched by 2022. Using robots will not only simplify the search, but also optimize the available space, and machines will have free access to cells with documents. Inside the facility, robots will be able to move along a special suspended steel grid to identify and then retrieve the requested documents. The system will function in compliance with all security requirements, since many documents are classified as "Secret". According to AutoStore, the use of robots in the archive will help the government save significant money on rent and free up some space. The full archive in Virginia will start working in 2022.
