Walmart is quietly transforming the way its stores operate, with robots at the heart of the strategy. While executives frame automation as a tool to free up employees for better customer service, the ...

Walmart is testing out a new way to figure out what items are out of stock in stores. The retail company is using robots to scan the aisles in some stores in Arkansas and California. The robots can ...

Walmart and Target are taking different approaches to adding robots in stores, a split that will have an impact on the companies’ massive workforces and shape the future of automation in retail. Both ...

This aggressive push is a direct challenge to competitors, most notably Costco, and shows that Walmart is not just keeping up with the e-commerce wave—it’s trying to lead it. While many retailers are ...

Roaming robots, on-shelf cameras, and sophisticated handhelds appear to be battling over how to solve understocks at the store level. The most controversial is the use of robots. The 2025 SPAR ...

As a robot stared into my eyes, I was perhaps getting a look at the future along with a prescription for eyeglasses. A robot ...