Artificial intelligence appears to have a new practical implication as retailers have been testing robots to stock shelves. Following the recent success of robots working in warehouses, retailers have given them a new task: detecting when store shelves need restocking.
“We’re giving them a real time, actual image of their product layout across the whole store, up to twice or three times a day,” says Red McKay, Managing Director for Europe at Bossa Nova Robotics.
Bossa Nova’s robots, which are....