Amazon’s Cashier-Less Seattle Grocery Opens To The Public — from npr.org by Scott Neuman
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Amazon on Monday [opened] its automated grocery in Seattle to the public, replacing cashiers with a smartphone app and hundreds of small cameras that track purchases. For the past year, the 1,800-square foot mini-mart has been open to the company’s employees. There is no waiting in line for check out at Amazon Go, as the store is called — instead, its computerized system charges customers’ Amazon account as they exit the store.
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Amazon has dubbed the technology “Just Walk Out” and, according to CNBC, “it uses computer vision, deep learning algorithms and sensor fusion — many of the same advances being used to develop autonomous driving.”
Amazon’s automated grocery store [launched] Monday after a year of false starts — from cnbc.com by Deirdre Bosa
- After nearly a year’s delay, Amazon Go is finally opening to the public on Monday morning.
- It’s Amazon’s first automated grocery store that promises, “no lines, no checkouts, no registers” – and could be a game-changer for the grocery and retail industry
- For now, Amazon is testing the concept on a limited basis and has no plans to implement the technology in Whole Foods.