[LouieFisk]

“Walmart is already testing robots. It won’t be long until there are very few employees in retail stores.”
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Don’t think so, they can’t be programmed to handle the unexpected. The only thing they can do is stop and signal for someone with an actual brain to handle the situation.

[billyboy15]

But Robots can handle the very routine non customer interactive jobs and here are plenty of those such as cleaning floors and stocking shelves, taking inventory etc

In the case of robots interacting with people, even that in many instances can work with very minimal human oversight. For instance robots can direct and even lead customers to products, check them out (no cashier’s).

One human supervisor can handle 10 or more robots and that is a Conservative number.

[Disambiguator]

Don’t think so, they can’t be programmed to handle the unexpected. The only thing they can do is stop and signal for someone with an actual brain to handle the situation.

From what I've seen of Walmart managers, the robot will be the brains.

[PapaBear3625]

Don’t think so, they can’t be programmed to handle the unexpected. The only thing they can do is stop and signal for someone with an actual brain to handle the situation.

Well, that will eliminate most WalMart employees.