My local Walmart is using robot floor cleaners now

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    1. TallSkinnyDude1 on

      At the Walmart I worked at they already had one. And it was nothing like this, it looked like an ice resurfacer and could function like a giant roomba. Sucker looked older than me lol

    2. Seen one in qt that was a little smaller maybe up to my knees (5’ 11’’) in the 5 minutes I was in there it almost tripped me 3 times

    3. I wonder if that one can fit into tighter spaces. Both Sam’s and Walmart near me have been using some very large ones for years now. They look like they were meant to be driven cause they even have a seat but they’re fully automated.

    4. My QuikTrips use them. They announce that they are cleaning the floors. I guess so you don’t think they are slacking off, I dunno.

    5. Head_Razzmatazz7174 on

      At my old store they had the giant ones, that you could also drive. They were constantly getting hung up on unexpected displays that hadn’t been preprogrammed in.

    6. DangerousDisplay7664 on

      Morrisons in the UK use these too. It’s a shame as previously they would employ someone with learning difficulties or mental disabilities to do these jobs, now they have a robot to do it instead 🙁

    7. The ones they use here at Walmart and at Sam’s Club can be run in autonomous or manually driven modes. I got trapped by one in Sam’s Club the other day. It couldn’t decide what to do and basically blocked me in. I left my stuff in the cart, got another cart and swapped to it. 30 minutes later it was still there doing a dance with my first cart.

    8. QT I go to often has one. kinda cute really. “i’m cleaning the floors, “I’m cleaning the floors”

    9. We have a deaf lady at my local grocery that cleans the floors. I’ll be upset the day they replace her with this.

    10. I like Shnucks’s stocking robot it makes little beep and boops as it passes people. I always say good job little buddy

    11. Your Walmart has the gaming stuff outside locked glass cases? You must live in a nice neighborhood

    12. Daily_dispensary on

      Dear god, first the floor suckers! What’s next the window lickers and knob polishers too?

    13. Does it talk when you‘re in its way?

      We‘ve similar robot in Germany. Cute bot talks to you if it shows up behind you. First time it appeared behind me I jumped. 😄

    14. We’ve had these for years, this is just a different design than what we’ve been using

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