[1000fc]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

Next gen will clean up spills, stock shelves. far cheaper than humans can.

Stocking shelves is no where on the time line for these robots. It's not mentioned at all by the company that makes the robot.

The robot is for detecting spills, making sure they are in compliance with their vendors regarding displays, and looking for misplaced product on the shelf.

[JGBigGreen]

Part of stocking shelves- probably the most time consuming portion- is taking inventory of the products on every shelf. There are robots that can do that and they are already on the market. This robot may not be able to do that but that doesn't mean they can't be found. No the robots can't, as of yet, physically place goods on the shelves but I don't doubt that technology is coming down the pipeline.

Originally Posted by 1000fc

Stocking shelves is no where on the time line for these robots. It's not mentioned at all by the company that makes the robot.

The robot is for detecting spills, making sure they are in compliance with their vendors regarding displays, and looking for misplaced product on the shelf.

[Tetto]

Originally Posted by 1000fc

Stocking shelves is no where on the time line for these robots. It's not mentioned at all by the company that makes the robot.

The robot is for detecting spills, making sure they are in compliance with their vendors regarding displays, and looking for misplaced product on the shelf.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5iV_hB08Uns

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by 1000fc

Stocking shelves is no where on the time line for these robots. It's not mentioned at all by the company that makes the robot.

The robot is for detecting spills, making sure they are in compliance with their vendors regarding displays, and looking for misplaced product on the shelf.

Different corp makes one to stock shelves.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV90xi84Z_A

[KEVIN_224]

Don't know what's happening, but "Marty" at store #614 in Berlin, CT hasn't been operational since the strike ended. Nice way to waste roughly $32,000 to $35,000.

[Tetto]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

Different corp makes one to stock shelves.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV90xi84Z_A

This technology is accelerating exponentially with the sheer amount of robotics companies out there. In the surgical robotics realm, the landscape is swarming with startups and we’ll along the development path robots. These are collaborative robots, much the same as one stocking shelves in a supermarket would be required to be. Robots will take virtually every manual, low skilled job there is. It’s a fact. Designing packaging and shelves to accommodate a robotic stockboy- piece of cake. New world is approaching fast.

[clutchrider]

Grocery store will look like an amazon warehouse, food will be kept stored more appropriately instead of in freezers and fridges that are always opening and closing, produce out in the open, etc. The robot/human picker combo team will go around based on your peapod or whatever order and pickout your groceries, box them, and then they are delivered to your house. Store takes up same footprint but is not packed with aisles for people to walk through. Could potentially expand on the varieties due to the saved space.

Want in person shopping? Go to the store front kiosk and plug your order in live, send order in and head home. It will be delivered at said time or date (you shop tonight for grocery delivery tomorrow). The jobs never go away they just shift into other needs (maintenance, IT, whatever).

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by clutchrider

Grocery store will look like an amazon warehouse, food will be kept stored more appropriately instead of in freezers and fridges that are always opening and closing, produce out in the open, etc. The robot/human picker combo team will go around based on your peapod or whatever order and pickout your groceries, box them, and then they are delivered to your house. Store takes up same footprint but is not packed with aisles for people to walk through. Could potentially expand on the varieties due to the saved space.

Want in person shopping? Go to the store front kiosk and plug your order in live, send order in and head home. It will be delivered at said time or date (you shop tonight for grocery delivery tomorrow). The jobs never go away they just shift into other needs (maintenance, IT, whatever).

It will be amazing, in just a few years.

[ryanthegoldengod]

Originally Posted by clutchrider

Grocery store will look like an amazon warehouse, food will be kept stored more appropriately instead of in freezers and fridges that are always opening and closing, produce out in the open, etc. The robot/human picker combo team will go around based on your peapod or whatever order and pickout your groceries, box them, and then they are delivered to your house. Store takes up same footprint but is not packed with aisles for people to walk through. Could potentially expand on the varieties due to the saved space.

Want in person shopping? Go to the store front kiosk and plug your order in live, send order in and head home. It will be delivered at said time or date (you shop tonight for grocery delivery tomorrow). The jobs never go away they just shift into other needs (maintenance, IT, whatever).

Except the first half of this is already available through Peapod, Instacart and others. Yet the majority still opt to drive to the grocery store, park, shop for their own stuff, wait in line, and carry their bags to their car. I think it will take a long time to shift people away from the tactile aspect of picking out their own items.

There's also the aspect of machines consistently working. This seems to be a big issue when places switch to automation. I know it's tempting to say this will no longer be a problem once the technology matures, but personal computers have been around since the 70's yet they are still prone to bugs, viruses, crashes, etc. The software is updated but then the hardware is incompatible. The hardware is upgraded but then the operating system is updated but now the software isn't working..... The world of computers and machinery is never static, it's constantly changing and those changes bring consistently inconsistent performance. That very inconsistency provides amazing job security to IT guys and it may do likewise for unskilled human workers for quite some time.

[BobNJ1960]

Colleague told me NJ supermarket chains (significant in size) have substituted robots for humans as security guards.