Walmart is testing autonomous scanning robots in some stores

Artificial intelligence will soon be implemented at some Walmart stores in the U.S. in the form of autonomous scanning robots.

A robot waiting to begin checking shelves

The robots will go up and down through the store sections automatically, at 2 to 3 mph, scanning the shelves for empty spots, and also checking the price tags. The robot would be installed with a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and the way it will see things would be similar to the observation of a self-driving vehicle.

A robot at work checking shelves

Martin Hitch is the chief business officer at Bossanova, the San Francisco company that manufactured the robot. He says the robot is supposed to drive around obstacles and look for alternative routes.

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