In Wal-Mart the other day, I almost ran into this.
It was travelling at a considerable speed, and had NO driver! We came close to having a wreck twice. Does this thing have a license?
But that's nothing compared to the robot at our favorite grocery store. It SEES you and acts accordingly! His job seems to be spotting spills and messes and summoning a cleaner.
This one does follow some sort of traffic rules. Although it seems to like following me and also blocking where I need to go. It's name is Marty.
The next time you go grocery shopping, be sure you are not being watched and followed.
“In aisles of light
and barcode dreams, my robot hums beside me, chasing deals and digital gleams.”
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This is something else, Ginny. I haven't seen anything like this here in Montreal yet. This reminds me...in Japan, they have hotels operated by 🤖 robots. I saw a video of it once. It looks like a human but is actually a robot.
Marty clearly takes his job of surveillance and spill-spotting very seriously
Well isn't that interesting. I've never seen one of these. In our walmart they have the floor cleaners but they are the ones that have a person operating them.
These are an abomination, AI is on track to put millions on the unemployment roles along with poverty and homelessness. Scientists and even tech executives are warning, there is disaster coming.
we have the cleaning one at WM but not the one that followed you, or maybe they do, I order in now so who knows what they have
There is an inventory robot that goes around BJ's that makes a tune that sounds like "excuse me!"
We have one in the store in our town too, but yours is cuter with those eyes!
I have to admit that robots give me the creeps, Ginny. Haven't seen any in any store except Chick-fil-a. Glad for that!
As they should. There's a video of a tethered humanoid robot in china that malfunctioned, attacking two technicians. Another factory robotic arm ripped a workers neck, almost decapitated him a few days ago. It took hours of surgery to save him.
This happened to me at Winco with a floor sweeping machine - felt weird!!!
We have one of these crazy things at our Walmart too. Its a pain, always where I want to go. Between him and the personal shoppers and their carts blocking the way it sometimes takes a long time to get through the aisles.
Great pictures Ginny.
Sue
LOVE the googleeeee eyes.
A while back we had a robot floor cleaner in our supermarket, but I haven't seen it in a long time. They are having trouble getting help, so it's not a bad idea.
I have seen them. They are cute and interesting. But how many people have lost their job there?
I've not ever seen one at a grocery store....There is a robot at one of the restaurants that we go to. It takes you right to your table and says thank you. Wow...are we turning into a robot world?
Wow, we don't have them here and I hope they stay away. :)
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