Underground Robotic Library

Research Libraries are facing an unexpected challenge too many books, Despite Digitization, Bound collection s continue to grow. Some libraries house their stacks offsite, which can create multi day delays between request and retrieval. Last June, the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago which accumulates 150,000 books every year introduced a system of robotic stacks capable of holding 3.5 million volumes in one seventh the space required by conventional stacks. DEMATIC