One of the most promising implementations of retail automation has come to a screeching halt. Last week, news broke that mega-retailer Walmart was ending a lucrative contract with robotics firm Bossa ...

In January, Walmart and Bossa Nova announced that the inventory robots would expand from 350 Walmart stores to 1,000 — almost a quarter of Walmart's roughly 4,500 stores — by the end of the year. The ...

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is laying off the robots it had deployed in about 500 stores to keep tabs on what’s on and not on the shelves. The retailer said Monday it has ended its relationship with ...

A Bossa Nova Robotics scanning robot moves through an aisle at a Walmart Supercenter. Photo by Rick T. Wilking/Getty Images Walmart ended its contract with Bossa Nova Robotics, which provided the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is laying off the ...