Walmart turns to robots to help solve out-of-stock issues.
Walmart is testing the use of aisle-roaming robots as a way to improve out-of-stock issues and price discrepancies in its stores.
The world's largest retailer has had a well-documented struggle with empty shelves in its stores nationwide. A few years ago, Walmart admitted that it was likely losing out on $3 billion in sales due to out-of-stocks.
With an infusion of automation, however, Walmart is hoping to keep more merchandise on its shelves by tasking robots with repeatable, predictable jobs, like scanning shelves for out-of-stocks, incorrect prices and mislabeling.
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