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Tally at San Francisco

Tally is Simbe Robotics' autonomous shelf-scanning inventory robot; it traverses grocery and retail stores multiple times a day to audit stock levels, pricing, and planogram compliance, returning to its charging base without staff assistance.

Tally by Simbe Robotics · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

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Sporting-goods retailer Decathlon deployed Tally in its inaugural US store in San Francisco from December 2018, one of the first RFID-enabled Tally implementations and a notable non-grocery vertical.

Key facts

Operator
Decathlon USA
Notable
RFID + computer-vision Tally

Exposure

Customer segment
retail
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Tally at San Francisco.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Tally
Company
Simbe Robotics
Location
United States/California/San Francisco
Operator
Simbe Robotics
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2018-12-11
ID
637cd20f-80d9-4fe0-bc57-beb80584111d

Timeline

  1. Dec 2018
    First recorded
    Tally first documented operating at San Francisco.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Simbe Robotics launches partnership with Decathlon · https://www.simberobotics.com/about/newsroom/simbe-robotics-launches-partnership-with-decathlon-world-s-largest-sporting-goods-retailer · 2018-12-11
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: service

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Tally deployment at San Francisco?
Tally, built by Simbe Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at San Francisco on the DEPLOY registry. Simbe Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Tally at San Francisco?
Simbe Robotics, the manufacturer of Tally, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Tally deployment at San Francisco go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 11, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Tally deployment at San Francisco?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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