Walmart will soon have robots roaming the aisles in 50 stores
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Walmart will soon have robots roaming the aisles in 50 stores
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#2> the robots are 50% more efficient than a human doing the same task. They can also scan shelves three times more quickly and are a lot more accurate. Human employees can only scan shelves about twice a week.
Personally, I want to see up-to-date retail stock mapping (that I can search)
Walmart is testing a robot from Bossa Nova (Pittsburgh and SF)
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bossa-nova-robotics-...
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#3What will the People of Walmart make of this? Personally, I think store robots like these don't really help much. A novelty at first, I think the image of Walmart as a cheapskate on all things human, will give the robot a negative reputation.
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#6I wonder what their reaction will be when people start attaching stickers to them
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#8You guys think there will be a backlash to this? Some sort of modern luddite movement? Whenever I shop I refuse to use the self-checkout, you think that sort of thing might spread?
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#9I wonder if these robots will suffer from the "roomba dog mess" problem. Meaning if a jar of something gets dropped in the aisle, will the robot happily drive through it and then leave tracks of it throughout the store?
I'd also be interested in learning about the false positives. For example a product get turned around on the shelf or returned askew does that trigger an alert? And is that a good or bad thing?
I guess the proof will be in the pudding. If these are still in use two or three years from now then we know they were a success.
From a personal perspective I'd love these to improve me locate products within a store. Many stores still fail to tell you which shelf a product is on on their mobile app, and the few that day don't give you a map of the store showing you the literal location of it. I'd love to have a "Google Maps"-like experience with locating an item.
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#10You guys think there will be a backlash to this? Some sort of modern luddite movement? Whenever I shop I refuse to use the self-checkout, you think that sort of thing might spread?
Why do you refuse to use the self checkout?