Walmart will soon have robots roaming the aisles in 50 stores
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- Walmart is rolling out robots to 50 more stores.
- The robots go up and down the aisles, scanning for out-of-stock items, incorrect prices, and wrong or missing labels.
- Its part of Walmart's plan to make stores more efficient and easier for customers to shop.
Walmart's robot fleet is expanding.
The retailer has been testing the robots in a small number of stores in Arkansas and California. It is now expanding the program and will have robots in 50 stores by the end of January.
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Walmart CFO Jeremy King told Reuters that 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, King said.
The robots are shaped like two-foot-tall towers on wheels and are equipped with cameras that can spot errors.
The robots are just one part of Walmart's plan to make stores more efficient and easier for customers to shop.
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