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by reaperducer 1223 days ago
Supermarkets already have inventory robots (look for the high-contrast markers around the store), and shelf-stocking robots are on the way. It makes sense that the next step is to eliminate another human job and give it to the robots you already have running around the store.
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I know walmart trialed inventory robot but killed the program as being impractical, and many stores quit using the automation of their floor cleaners as they would get stuck in random place when cleaning the floors at night because pallets where in their way and they didn't know how to navigate around, they also needed the floor plan updated anytime a new floor display was put in. don't count the humans out yet.