Walmart ends plans to use Bossa Nova robots to scan shelves, sources say after concerns about shoppers' reactions and seeing similar results from human workers
Retailer ends contract with robotics company after seeing similar results from workers grabbing online orders during pandemic
Wall Street Journal Sarah Nassauer
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Discussion
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@hypervisible
@hypervisible
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The chain found that “humans can help get similar results” and also there were concerns “about how shoppers react to seeing a robot working in a store.” 😯 https://www.wsj.com/...
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@eliotwb
Eliot Brown
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Pretty sure robot unions are to blame for this https://twitter.com/...
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@sarahnassauer
Sarah Nassauer
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SCOOP: Walmart is ending its contract with a robotics company after seeing similar results from human workers grabbing online orders during the pandemic https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
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@philwahba
Phil Wahba
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Score one for the humans! $wmt https://twitter.com/...
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@chr1sa
Chris Anderson
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A sobering reminder that robots are not always a better solution. Bossa Nova laid off 50% of its staff after the deal ended https://twitter.com/...
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@sandeepdadlani
Sandeep Dadlani
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This is a great learning story. A robotics company had to lay off humans once the robots were laid off by Walmart - as humans ended up doing the task better https://twitter.com/...
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@fernandesglobe
Deirdre Fernandes
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A bit of upside news today. A win for humans: https://twitter.com/...
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@mcwm
@mcwm
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I remember asking early on in the pandemic whether companies would move ahead with automation when labor was going to be relatively cheap for a while... they disagreed https://www.wsj.com/...
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@eringriffith
Erin Griffith
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sorry this is a little funny. Walmart stopped using robots to keep track of inventory after finding humans got similar results. https://www.wsj.com/...