Walmart has decided to stop using automated, inventory-tracking robots in its stores after discovering that humans can also do that stuff. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the retail ...

In January, Walmart and Bossa Nova announced that the inventory robots would expand from 350 Walmart stores to 1,000 — almost a quarter of Walmart's roughly 4,500 stores — by the end of the year. The ...

What just happened? Are you concerned about automation replacing human workers? Then you might appreciate this: Walmart has stopped using inventory-tracking robots in its stores because they aren't ...

Walmart will no longer be using robots to track its inventory. The retail giant was working with robotics company Bossa Nova to add scanning machines to its stores. They reversed efforts with the ...

One of the most promising implementations of retail automation has come to a screeching halt. Last week, news broke that mega-retailer Walmart was ending a lucrative contract with robotics firm Bossa ...