Corvus OneforCold Chain
Autonomous inventory visibility for freezer and cold storage environments
Watch videoPurpose-built to operate continuously in freezer environments down to -20°F, Corvus One for Cold Chain delivers frequent, accurate inventory counts without placing people or MHE in prolonged exposure to extreme cold.
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Mojave Desert, Nevada. Outside temperature: 100°F. Meet Corvus One for Cold Chain, autonomous inventory capture down to -20°F (-29°C). Breakthrough battery architecture for sustained performance at -20°F. A new sub-zero optical engine for sharp barcode capture through ice and frost. Upgraded flight control AI for stable flight alongside industrial blowers.
Cold storage creates inventory problems for standard warehouse automation
Exposure limits cap how often teams can run manual counts. Equipment condensation in ambient-to-freezer transitions degrades scan reliability. And FIFO pressure means inaccurate data has real spoilage consequences. Corvus One for Cold Chain was engineered for those three constraints.
Designed, manufactured and tested in Mountain View, California
Inventory Accuracy Without Freezer Exposure
Corvus One for Cold Chain removes the need for manual cycle counts in sub-zero environments, improving data quality while protecting your workforce from prolonged cold exposure.
Autonomous inventory audits keep data current across freezer aisles, supporting FIFO compliance, traceability, reduced spoilage, and improved replenishment decisions for frozen and temperature-sensitive goods.
The system eliminates the need for associates to enter freezer environments for routine inventory counting, reducing reliance on specialized gear and limiting time spent in sub-zero zones.
The drone and its charging dock stay in the cold between counts, so equipment never crosses from ambient into the freezer. Optics stay clear of condensation, flights launch without a warm-up cycle, and your team stays out of the deep freeze.
Proven performance from -20°F to ambient
Corvus One for Cold Chain is purpose-engineered for freezer and cold storage environments. The system lives inside the freezer 24/7, with every component rated and tested for continuous operation in extreme temperatures. Corvus designs and manufactures that hardware in Mountain View, California, which is what allows the battery architecture, the optical engine and the thermal management to be engineered together for the cold.
Rapid deployment in cold storage facilities
Corvus One for Cold Chain deploys in less than four weeks. Our team maps your freezer environment and configures autonomous flight paths tailored to your racking layout and inventory zones. No facility downtime required.
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The choice for Global 2000 enterprises
"The Corvus Robotics drones are... doing things that there's really not a lot of value to put an individual on, but to the business, it's priceless."
GNC Holdings
"The speed at which we have scaled this technology across nine sites reflects the value it is delivering to our operations."
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
"Corvus One delivers the consistent accuracy we need to protect revenue and operate to tight forecasts."
Dermalogica (Unilever)
"We used to dedicate labor resources to do inventory audits. Now we have drones, which allows us to reallocate our resources to more value-adding tasks like picking or replenishment."
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AIMS — Autonomous Inventory Management System
Regardless of autonomous cycle counting drones or material handling equipment pallet tracking, the data feeds into a single source of inventory truth. AIMS pulls the never-before-collected ground truth data to power slot optimization, labor efficiency tracking, financial decisions including inventory / labor planning across your operations, all tied deeply to how your team actually works today.
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Common questions about deploying Corvus One for Cold Chain in freezer and cold storage environments. Don't see yours? Talk to our team.
It is rated for continuous autonomous operation from -20°F (-29°C) up to ambient warehouse temperatures, with no warm-up cycles and no environmental conditioning. The battery system, optical engine, and housing are all cold-rated by design, so flight performance, scan accuracy, and battery endurance stay consistent across the full range.
Some drone offerings rely on commercial drones the vendor does not build, so the hardware is not designed to live and operate 24/7 inside a freezer, especially in deep freezer environments, and an operator still has to carry the drones in and out of the cold for every count. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) hit the same wall from the floor: they are not cold chain engineered and cannot live inside a freezer environment. Corvus One for Cold Chain is purpose-built for the cold. The drone, battery system, optical engine, and housing are all cold-rated, and the system lives inside the freezer 24/7 and flies fully autonomously, so no one has to enter the cold.
Corvus One for Cold Chain is designed, manufactured and tested at Corvus Robotics headquarters in Mountain View, California. Corvus builds its own airframes rather than modifying consumer or industrial drones from overseas manufacturers, and that is what makes a freezer-rated system possible. The battery architecture, the sub-zero optical engine and the thermal management were engineered together for continuous operation at -20°F. A vendor flying hardware it did not build cannot re-rate someone else's airframe for the freezer. Every unit ships from California.
No. The system removes manual cycle counts in sub-zero environments. Drones fly the freezer aisles autonomously, so your team and your material handling equipment no longer spend time in extreme cold for routine counting, and you reduce reliance on specialized cold-weather gear.
Yes. A sub-zero optical engine with adaptive focus and exposure control reads labels through frost, glare, condensation, and low contrast, the conditions common in cold storage. It works with your existing barcodes and requires no special labels.
As often as you need. Because counting no longer depends on how long a person can safely stay in the cold, you can count continuously. The system lives and operates inside the freezer 24/7, flying autonomously around the clock, so your inventory data stays current.
Yes. Upgraded flight control AI keeps flight stable alongside industrial blowers, and vision-based navigation and obstacle avoidance operate reliably in the condensation and frost typical of freezer environments, with no fixed infrastructure required.
No. Corvus One for Cold Chain runs without Wi-Fi, GPS, or special barcodes. It navigates using vision alone, so it works in GPS-denied freezer environments without needing to maintain localization infrastructure on cold, frost-prone surfaces. It reads your existing barcodes, so there is no relabeling.
Yes. It works alongside active operations with or without a Warehouse Management System. Full WMS API integration is available, and a lite CSV/XLS export supports simpler deployments.
Deployment takes less than four weeks. The Corvus team maps your freezer environment and configures autonomous flight paths around your racking layout and inventory zones, with no facility downtime.