Human associates in form of Shelf-Scanning Robots in Walmart

In any retail malls, the major concern is the up-to-date inventory of the products. Almost in all the malls this is being done by humans. However, as a part of automation in every industry, robots are registering their presence. Walmartone has also introduced such robots which will scan the shelve and can review and manage the accurate inventory of the products. However, in comparison to human the success rates of such engines are not always favorable. In order to replace humans, Walmart has recently announced to end the contract with the existing manpower agency and is going to place shelf scanning robots in around 500 stores.

Bossa Nova Robotics is the company supplied these robots to Walmart in the year 2017. As a part of automation, Walmartone has initially deployed robots in their 50 stores. This robot will scan the shelves for detailed information of the products and its restocking. In addition, such scanning will let the store manager know about the product which is trending or getting bough frequently. As per one report from the Walmart, it is going to deploy another to reach the number of 1000 at different locations. Doing this, is seen as a reduction of manpower during the downfall in sales figures, however, it is still not clear. In the current pandemic situation, almost everyone prefers to shop online, inventory has become the major concern for both store managers and workers.

According to the spokesperson of Walmart, such initiative of automation, will not only increase the accuracy but will make the job of Walmartone Login associates easy and will help in providing better customer service experience. On the basis of the outcome of this step, Walmart will see how other in-store activities can be automated to increase the efficiency of services provided. During pandemic, where there is a shortfall of manpower, such robots have made it happen to deliver online orders by keeping the shelves full all the time.