No supermarket check-out. No cash exchanged. Just place those apples in your cart and let technology do the rest.
Two prototype supermarkets are now operating in the United States, run completely by robotic tools and the most sophisticated technology yet seen in a supermarket.
At the entrance to the supermarket, you are asked if you would like to sign in with the palms of your hands or a QR code. These are then instantly linked to the shopper’s Amazon account.
As you shop, placing eggs, cereal, or anything at all, into your shopping cart, cameras and sensors record your every move. Anything taken off the shelf by the customer is automatically added to a virtual cart, anything put back comes out of the virtual cart.
At the end of the trip, all you have to do is simply walk out, waving a palm or QR code, over the exit turnstile and the bill later appears on your Amazon account.
No cash supermarket
The system is called Just Walk Out and uses similar technology to driverless cars. Amazon teamed up with the supermarket chain Whole Foods…
