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June 18, 2024

Alice Rush

The video below calls for folks to invest their hard-earned money in a company that offers a novel concept in retailing: using a robot to pull product from the shelves.

I very much doubt that one of these will ever be built, however, largely because of siting. Where are you going to put one of these and run power to it? Keep in mind that it requires enough room for customers to pull their cars up in front of it and conduct their business.

True, it eliminates the need for a cashier, but a human being still needs to restock it.

I’m not holding my breath.

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