Just the Facts
Last updated:
10/20/2026
FIND IT ROBOT
The dealership search system for vehicles and keys.
FIND IT ROBOT remembers where a vehicle or key was last reliably seen and helps your employee find it. Select the vehicle and tap SHOW KEYS or SHOW CAR. If the item is nearby, its PING!Tag™ flashes and pings. If it isn't nearby, tap the map to see where it was last seen. Go there and tap it again. The right tag flashes and pings. FOUND IT!
Stop searching. Start finding.
What FIND IT ROBOT is:
A dealership search system that uses a custom iPhone app and Bluetooth PING!Tags™ to help employees quickly find tagged vehicles and keys. One simple plan, one price per dealership.
What FIND IT ROBOT is, technically:
A custom iPhone app and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tag system that records where every tagged vehicle and key was last detected on your lot. Participating staff iPhones detect nearby PING!Tags™ as employees move through the dealership, building a location history for every tagged item.
FIND IT ROBOT PING!Tags™ are motion-aware, fleet-configurable tags with two flashing blue LED lights and a loud 85 dB electronic PINGER! Every tagged vehicle and key carries a smart location history showing the last ten places it was detected.
Tag it. Forget it. Find it.
What FIND IT ROBOT does:
Finding a vehicle or key begins with a button, not a walk around the lot. Select the vehicle and tap SHOW KEYS or SHOW CAR. If the item is nearby, its PING!Tag™ flashes and pings.
If the item is not nearby, tap the map to see where its tag was last detected. Go to that area and tap SHOW KEYS or SHOW CAR again. The flashing blue lights and electronic pinger help identify the exact keys or vehicle.
What FIND IT ROBOT costs:
One plan. One price. The FIND IT ROBOT Dealer Plan is $500 a month per dealership, with a 12-month agreement. Or pay for the full year up front for $5,500 — that’s one month FREE!
Your Dealer Plan includes your custom-branded iPhone app, custom maps of your lots, setup and training, and Priority Care support. Your storage lots are included. More than one dealership? Each dealership gets its own plan.
PING!Tags™ are purchased separately:
150 tags — $1,800 ($12 each)
300 tags — $3,300 ($11 each)
600 tags — $6,000 ($10 each)
972 tags (case) — $8,748 ($9 each)
The fine print: Three PING!Tags™ per vehicle covers the car and two keys — or start with one tag on key #1 of each vehicle. Tags are reusable: when a car sells, pull them and rescan them onto the next one.
Want to try it first:
Dealerships taking part in a FIND IT ROBOT Pilot Test can buy Trial PING!Tags™ at $10 each, in quantities of 50, 100, or 150. The pilot runs 30 days, and the app, setup, and training are free during the pilot. Sign up for the Dealer Plan within 30 days of your pilot ending, and what you paid for Trial PING!Tags™ is credited toward your first year.
What about support:
Priority Care is included in every Dealer Plan for as long as your plan is active. It gives you direct phone, text, and email access to FIND IT ROBOT founder Tim Gavern for questions, troubleshooting, training, and technical help. No call center. No ticket numbers.
What lot loss is costing you:
Dealerships lose time and money every day when keys are misplaced, vehicles are moved to the wrong row, and salespeople walk the lot instead of selling. Most dealers have never put a number on that lost time. We built a calculator that does.
What FIND IT ROBOT needs:
The iPhones already in your team’s pockets. Every participating iPhone running the app becomes a scout. As employees move through the dealership, their iPhones quietly detect nearby PING!Tags™ and update FIR’s last-seen information.
FIR does not need fixed receivers, gateways, antennas, cabling, or building-mounted hardware. The dealership’s normal movement helps the system remember where its vehicles and keys were last reliably seen.
What it takes to start:
We build a custom-branded iPhone app for your dealership with overhead maps of your lots. Your team sets up the search zones on those maps — Front Line, Service, Storage, named the way your team talks — and we walk you through it on Zoom.
Then we train your PDI team, in person or on Zoom depending on where you are, to scan each vehicle’s VIN and assign its tags. With three tags, one goes on the car’s rearview mirror and one attaches to each of its two keys.
The app is installed on every participating staff member’s iPhone. As employees move through the dealership, FIR begins building and updating the last-seen history for every tagged vehicle and key.
How employees find keys or a vehicle:
First, select the vehicle in the FIND IT ROBOT app. Tap SHOW KEYS to activate the tags on its keys, or SHOW CAR to activate the tag on the vehicle.
If the keys or vehicle are nearby, their PING!Tags™ flash and ping. If they are not nearby, tap the map to see the zones where the tags were last detected. Go to the most likely zone and activate the tags again.
The map shows the employee where to continue searching. The flashing blue lights and electronic pinger identify the exact keys or vehicle.
FOUND IT!
What about range:
How close does an iPhone need to be to detect a PING!Tag™? That depends on where the tag is placed and what is between it and the phone. Vehicles, walls, buildings, and key-storage systems can all affect detection. When a participating iPhone detects a tag, FIND IT ROBOT updates its last-seen location. Between detections, that location stays on the map to give employees a starting point for their search.
The more participating iPhones moving through the dealership, the more frequently the last-seen information is updated.
How current is the location:
The map shows the last places where the PING!Tag™ was detected. Because keys or a vehicle may have been moved after the most recent sighting, FIR does not represent an old detection as its current location.
The location history tells the employee where to continue looking. SHOW KEYS or SHOW CAR identifies the exact item when the employee reaches it.
What about batteries:
PING!Tags™ use user-replaceable batteries. Battery life varies depending on tag settings, activity, and actual operating conditions. The FIND IT ROBOT app alerts staff when a tag’s battery is running low.
What about Android:
FIND IT ROBOT runs on iPhone today. Ask us about Android.
Who it’s for:
Salespeople chasing a deal, porters moving inventory, PDI teams processing vehicles, and managers running the floor — everyone whose day depends on finding the right keys or vehicle quickly.
What FIND IT ROBOT measures:
FIR’s most important measurement is not theoretical radio range. It is how long an ordinary dealership employee needs to find the correct keys or vehicle. If FIR consistently turns a ten-minute search into a two-minute search, the system is doing its job.
What FIND IT ROBOT isn’t:
FIND IT ROBOT is not GPS, a traditional Real-Time Location System (RTLS), or a continuous real-time tracking system. It does not require fixed receivers, gateways, antennas, cabling, or an installer in a truck.
FIR is a dealership search system built around the custom FIND IT ROBOT app, Bluetooth PING!Tags™, and the iPhones your team already carries.
What’s the catch:
FIND IT ROBOT’s location history is created when participating iPhones detect nearby PING!Tags™. If keys or a vehicle move without passing near a participating iPhone, the map will continue to show where they were last seen until another iPhone detects them.
The Dealer Plan is a 12-month agreement. There is no fixed infrastructure to buy, install, or replace when technology changes. Priority Care is included for as long as your plan is active. Your PING!Tags™ are yours to keep and reuse.
One plan. One price. Every key found.
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
— Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Business Week, May 25, 1998
Want to talk about FIND IT ROBOT™ for your dealership? Call Tim Gavern at 626-716-7780, 9:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. Pacific Time, or email tim@finditrobot.com
