In June, at the Central Record Complex FBI staff began reviewing records and loading them into custom-designed bins to be shuttled by wheeled robots into climate-controlled areas organized for easy retrieval.
Bins of case files are stacked 16-high in an elaborate steel grid by robots who are programmed to traverse the warehouse by following X, Y, and Z coordinates.
When requested, a robot retrieves a bin and then reshelves any bins it has displaced in the process, keeping track of their new coordinates.
Frequently requested records remain near the top of the grid and other files will drop to lower positions, which creates its efficiency. The robots provide real-time data for every bin.
All over the country, FBI cases are closed every day. This assures an endless flow of files that need to be safely stored or scheduled for destruction. The CRC, both its humans and robots, are working hard to meet the need.
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