BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS — Walmart is enlisting automated help to improve out-of-stock issues and mislabeled items. <br /> <br />Reuters reports that the robots are equipped with a camera and lights tha scan the aisles to check stocks, and identify mislabeled or wrongly-priced items. <br /> <br />The robot passes the data to human employees, who then restock the shelves and fix any errors. <br /> <br />The retail giant stresses that the machines will not replace staffers, and are merely there to help them. <br /> <br />The robots are 50 percent more productive than human employees at shelf-scanning, and are capable of doing it faster and more accurately. <br /> <br />Walmart has been trialing robots in California, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas for the past three years, and will be expanding to 50 more locations in January 2018. <br /> <br />So if you live in El Paso, Fort Worth, or Jacksonville, it seems the robots are coming.
