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radical noodle

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16. There was one being tried out in our local

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 01:19 PM

Dec 2018

Walmart the other day. I talked to the guy who was trying to get it to work. It was big, clunky and looked as though it wouldn't mind running down the customers. He didn't seem to be pleased with the way it was working. We have a huge number of older folks here and I see potential disaster ahead.

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Walmart set to roll out 'autonomous janitors' [View all] brooklynite Dec 2018 OP

Pretty soon there won't be any jobs left for people to do. appleannie1943 Dec 2018 #1

Casually walking down the walmart aisle when... Maxheader Dec 2018 #22

Thus freeing more resources to take care of the checkout lines dalton99a Dec 2018 #2

Robot-ot-ot-ot-ot pangaia Dec 2018 #8

Those will all be automated as well Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #29

I may finally go to Walmart. redwitch Dec 2018 #3

LOL! Exactly what I was thinking! KPN Dec 2018 #11

Me, too... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2018 #12

If I see one, I'll kick it's water bucket... PeeJ52 Dec 2018 #4

And I for one welcome or new robot overlords. nycbos Dec 2018 #5

they'll probably be bought from a 3rd world country and have poor maintenance. Javaman Dec 2018 #6

lol RandiFan1290 Dec 2018 #23

$11 an hour?!?! hatrack Dec 2018 #7

Well, I mean, if it doesn't translate to $11 / hour of revenue for the store, yes Recursion Dec 2018 #10

Greasy spills too? Yosemito Dec 2018 #9

WaldeMort should start looking into autonomous robotic customers ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #13

So, basically a giant Roomba? tinrobot Dec 2018 #14

No. The one I saw was more human sized radical noodle Dec 2018 #17

Well see, the real reason is ... FakeNoose Dec 2018 #15

There was one being tried out in our local radical noodle Dec 2018 #16

I saw one of these at the Seattle airport! It was awful! LisaM Dec 2018 #18

instead of clean up on aisle 4 you will hear 100110110001010011110001110100100011111 dembotoz Dec 2018 #19

This'll make ya go "hmmm..." jmowreader Dec 2018 #20

Foiled by a "boss" bottle of Pepsi in it's path! gfwzig Dec 2018 #21

Anyone out there remember Woody Allen movie ''Sleeper''? That's where we're headed. YOHABLO Dec 2018 #24

I'm mixed about this crazycatlady Dec 2018 #25

Wonder what autonomous customers buy? democratisphere Dec 2018 #26

Might be kinda cool if they got a bunch of these: The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #27

Can Walmart buy life insurance on these? underpants Dec 2018 #28