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Walmart is bringing robots to 650 more stores as the retailer ramps up automation in stores nationwide

Walmart is moving forward with automation in more stores nationwide.

The superstore is adding shelf-stocking robots to 650 stores by the summer, the retailer confirmed to Business Insider. The robots are designed by the San Francisco-based Bossa Nova Robotics Inc. and made to scan items on shelves to assist with price accuracy and restocking. The robots are already present in 350 stores.

The six-foot-tall devices contain 15 cameras each, which scan aisles and shelves and send alerts to employees in real time. "Our associates immediately understood the opportunity for the new technology to free them up from focusing on tasks that are repeatable, predictable, and manual," John Crecelius, senior vice president of central operations for Walmart US, said in a company. "It allows them time to focus more on selling merchandise and serving customers, which they tell us have always been the most exciting parts of working in retail.

This robot expansion is the latest move in a series of automation experiments for the superstore. Walmart hasThe superstore also recently

 

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People say NOoooo but yet when we go to the store No ONE can wait an extra 3 min for a CASHIER. I refuse to use them!

Everyone gangsta till you see r2d2 ask how you're day was in the cereal aisle

It's starting

Gonna be a dog eat dog world when robots take over most jobs. If you want a secure spot you better be making, installing or fixing them

This is just the beginning.

George_McDonagh !!

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