While we had my smartphone battery changed last week in Salt Lake City, we went into a nearby Harmon’s grocery store to check things out. These are beautiful stores that started as a fruit stand in 1932. This family-owned and operated supermarket chain has now grown to 19 locations throughout Utah.
In a corner of the store, I noticed a sign introducing the “Tally” robots from a company called Simbe Robotics that have been deployed to scan inventory and verify prices in stores (the video below was filmed in Buffalo, NY).
These robots with AI powered computer vision technology are combining cutting-edge computer vision with the Harmon’s stores’ intelligence platform to identify how items need to be replenished or re-priced without the unavoidable human errors thrown into the mix.
We’ve seen the store robot in action and it seemed to like its job and wasn’t complaining one bit. Don’t look for a human inventory checker job at these stores any time soon, it’s too late!
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