{"id":558,"date":"2020-11-03T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T11:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenianews.me\/En\/?p=558"},"modified":"2020-11-03T11:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T11:15:02","slug":"walmart-drops-inventory-robots-from-its-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenianews.me\/En\/walmart-drops-inventory-robots-from-its-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart drops inventory robots from its stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">Retail giant Walmart has scrapped plans to use robots to keep track of its inventory.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The world&#8217;s largest supermarket chain said it had ended its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics, who made the roving robots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The machines scan shelves to ensure all items are in stock and prices are accurate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>They are designed to help bricks-and-mortar stores compete with online retailers like Amazon and Alibaba.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The robots have been in use in Walmart stores since 2017 as it moved towards more automation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>\u201cThis was one idea we tried in roughly 500 stores just as we are trying other ideas in additional stores,\u201d Walmart said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-54355803\">Amazon warehouse robots &#8216;increase staff injuries&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-54738047\">Walmart pulls guns off shelves over &#8216;civil unrest&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-44330891\">Is Alibaba&#8217;s new delivery bot 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