Walmart robot scrubs store floors

Walmart is testing a new autonomous
robot.
Walmart

• Walmart
  is deploying a floor-scrubbing robot to more than 360 US
  stores. 
• The robot, dubbed Auto-C, will not replace human
  employees, the company said.

Walmart
is testing a new autonomous robot in 78 stores starting
Thursday. 

The robot scrubs store floors, taking over a job that previously
took Walmart employees about two hours daily to complete, the
company said in a
blog post.

Walmart will soon deploy the robot, dubbed Auto-C, to more than
360 US stores. 

Auto-C will not replace any human employees; instead, it will
free up employees’ time to focus on helping customers, the
company said.

Employees will engage with the robot by programming its cleaning
sessions, pre-sweeping areas it will scrub, and cleaning parts of
the store that the robot can’t reach. 

Here’s a video of the Auto-C in action: