Robotic Automation Is Transforming Grocery Retail

Earlier this year, Walmart unveiled its Alphabot robotic system, an automated system that is set to revolutionize grocery order fulfillment by enabling quicker, more efficient order picking. Operating inside a 20,000-square-foot warehouse-style space, Alphabot uses autonomous carts to retrieve ambient, refrigerated, and frozen items ordered online for grocery pickup. After it retrieves the items, Alphabot delivers the products to a workstation, where a Walmart associate checks, bags, and deliver…