E-commerce startup banks on robotics, AI to win consumers


A US startup aims to create a fully automated warehouse aiming to cut out supermarkets (pic) as 'unnecessary' intermediaries. — ElasticComputeFarm/Pixabay

WASHINGTON: Robots will do the shopping at a US startup which is banking on fully automated warehouses for groceries and other merchandise at a time when the pandemic has made workplace safety a key concern.

The new Home Delivery Service aims to create a "touchless" and robotics-powered retail model with an ambitious goal of cutting out supermarkets as "unnecessary" intermediaries.

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