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There are a lot of places that use RFID, Bluetooth and WiFi for equipment tracking, tote tracking, part tracking etc. Each has its pros and cons so I imagine there is space for 5g as well.

An obvious use case would be controlling a fleet of AGVs; forcing them all to be tethered could be very limiting.

Why? There are undoubtedly wireless components to the infrastructure's network already. If everything could just beam to a single tower what's the issue?

>undoubtedly wireless components to the infrastructure's network already.

Yeah, the free guest wifi in the meeting rooms. Believe me, out in the field it's all copper and fiber, held together by mountains of cisco switches. The facility in question is an oil refinery.

Yeah… but why? You’re telling me what is the case currently but I’m wondering why the copper, fiber, and switches can’t be replaced by the 5G solution.

Amazon has deployed wirelessly controlled KIVA robots in the warehouses for over a decade.