TECH

Digital assistants can reach supermarkets
Walmart is the largest retail chain in the United States, but has been betting on the online field, seeking to respond to Amazon's aggressive expansion in the area of ​​"grocery" sales. At stake are online shopping with deliveries available in the comfort of home.Although it seeks to modernize its offer in all segments, the company does not want to neglect the space it dominates and intends to continue to expand its stores with innovative technology, according to some patents registered. The first concerns a shopping cart that can help customers find the products on the shelves. Do not know where the rice or eggs are? It's getting carried away by the "smart vehicle."
Wearable devices can also be effective during shopping, especially to find employees from different areas when you need help. And how about pulling your smartphone and calling a drone, which will guide you to some specific item you're looking for?
Another patent seems to focus on the internal management of the stores, using sensors in the products placed on the trolleys able to communicate with the respective shelves, helping to manage the stocks. Finally, according to a last patent registered, the supermarket chain may be thinking of a possible fleet of autonomous cars for delivery of purchases.
Without a doubt, technology is expanding in areas that have a great impact on people's daily lives, even if some ideas are no more than paper. It is to remember that still a few days ago Walmart added a patent for systems and methods of pollination of crops by artificial means, or rather, small bees-drone ...

Sapo