Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The Face of Robots (part 2)


At Walmart, robotic co-workers are assisting staff by performing various tasks, such as identifying items on the shelves that need re-stocking or detecing incorrect labeling on items. Surprisingly, Walmart staff members really like these robots because they are covering a very boring and repetitive task. However, customers have had some interesting responses to the presence of the robots. Over half of the customers completely ignored the robots. Interestingly, adults and children have been respectful of the automatons and have allowed them to do their jobs, sometimes curiously asking the robots questions. Teenagers, however, have been problematic, kicking the robots or putting shopping bags over them. The robots are now being built to sustain the impact of soup cans being thrown at them by mischevious teens.

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