Rufus Labs

Rufus Labs builds wearable barcode scanners that warehouse pickers and packers wear on the back of their hand, paired with a wrist-mounted Android computer that runs the WMS and streams every scan and every labor minute into a productivity dashboard for warehouse operations and IT. The Rufus Scan2 family (Close Range, Mid Range, and Long Range up to 50 feet) attaches to modular palm, ring, or glove mounts and triggers from the side of the index finger, so pickers keep both hands free for the boxes they’re moving. The paired Rufus Cuff Pro 2 is a rugged Android wearable computer that runs any WMS, ERP, or telnet front-end the customer already operates. For station and forklift-mounted work, the RADD Tab 2 covers the same role on a larger handheld. The WorkHero software dashboard sits above the fleet: scan and non-scan labor analytics across every facility, real-time device location tracking, device utilization stats, and Android mobile device management. Rufus AI, built on top of WorkHero, lets managers query that operational data conversationally and pulls predictive labor and peak-planning recommendations from the warehouse's own history.

Rufus Labs sells WorkHero as a single monthly subscription priced per worker, and the price covers everything: the Scan2 scanner, the Cuff Pro 2 wearable computer or RADD Tab 2 handheld, the analytics dashboard, the MDM software, twenty-four-seven support, an unlimited break-and-replace warranty with same-day on-site replacement, and unlimited hardware upgrades to the latest models. Customers pay no CapEx; Rufus retains hardware ownership and the recurring fee covers everything between the worker and the warehouse management system. The model is hardware-as-a-service in its narrow form, marketed by the company as Productivity as a Service. Rufus FLEX, embedded in every subscription, lets a warehouse scale device count and user accounts up for seasonal peaks and back down again without contract renegotiation.