The supermarket chain began rolling out shelf-scanning robots in 2017 as a part of an effort to digitise its stores to make shopping faster as it competes with Amazon.com Inc. — AFP
US company Walmart Inc said on Nov 2 that it has dropped its plans to use roving robots to scan shelves and keep track of inventory, squashing the world's largest retailer's years-long efforts to automate the task.
The company said it had ended its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics Inc, who it had worked with for five years to improve customer experience by using robots to assist shop staff and make their jobs easier.
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