Walmart wants store workers to help out customers instead of mopping up floors and unloading boxes in backrooms. So it's increasingly turning to robots to fill those tasks.
The world's largest retailer announced Tuesday that it is adding thousands of new robots to its stores. By next February, it expects to have autonomous floor scrubbers in 1,860 of its more than 4,700 US stores. Walmart will also have robots that scan shelf inventory at 350 stores. And there will be bots at 1,700 stores that automatically scan boxes as they come off delivery trucks and sort them by department onto conveyer belts.
"Other retailers and grocery chains are bringing on robots in their stores to reduce costs and assist workers, too. Giant Food Stores is placing"Marty," a tall, gray robot with googly eyes, in all of its 172 grocery stores. The bot roams around stores looking for spills.Robot janitors and shelf scannersWalmart's 920-pound self-driving floor scrubbers, called the"Auto-C," use automated technology to navigate custom routes around the store and mop up the floors.
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