You will never see them again in Walmart after an experience of 3 years failed
This new technology did not work as Walmart wanted.
Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, is systematically at the forefront of the latest purchasing technologies. And while the company recently announced that they would beDeliver grocery via drone In the near future, another technological advancement has proven less success. After trying in stores in the last three years,Walmart has abandoned the plans to have a robot staff working the aisles in its stores.Read actively for details about what went wrong, and more when you should not make your weekly trip, read on theThis is the worst absolute moment to shop at Walmart, employees say.
While it seems extremely extracted and futuristic, like something out ofThe jetsThe use of expected robots had begun to be deployed in 500 stores, where they scanned the shelves and automatically checked stock levels. A promotional video of Bossa Nova Robotics, which has developed the technology, presented the Walmart robots also having the functionality of checking prices and finding lost items. The robotic agents of six feet, which were first introduced in the stores in 2017, seemed a bit like a home dehumidifier with a periscope tie on the top. Now, however, the partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics is finished,Wall Street newspaperwas the first to report.
The idea was that by using these robotic assistants, the retail giant could reduce labor costs while more effectively managing stocks and thus reducing waste and increase sales. However, this week,WSJreported that more people started doing online shopping during the current pandemic,Walmart found that he had a surplus of human staff Who could perform the same checks and the same tasks as the robots, but execute them faster.WSJ also reported that Walmart's US ManagerJohn Furner had concerns about what customers would think about seeing robots in the company's stores.
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"We learned a lot about how technology can help associates facilitate jobs and provide a better customer experience," said Walmart spokesmanWall Street newspaper. "We will continue to test new technologies and invest in our own processes and applications to better understand and follow our inventory and help moving products to our shelves as quickly as possible."
This is not the end of the robotics completely at Walmart. Other intelligent devices for floor cleaning and unloading stocks are still in place.
The news comes to a bumper time for the online retailerSales have almost doubled In the second quarter of this year, while sales in physical stores open last year jumped by 9.3%. Walmart has also recently announced the hiring of 20,000 seasonal workers in e-commerce realization centers. And for more than this superstore, checkWalmart brings back the only thing that customers missed the most.
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