Robots are set to take over yet another job from humans. Amazon has plans for a two-story, automated supermarket run almost entirely by droids.

    Called “Amazon Go,” customers enter the store using an accompanied app, grab the items they need, and are able to walk out without stopping at a register. The app uses a range of sensors that detect what shoppers take off shelves and bills it to their Amazon account.

    Amazon will utilize technology to minimize labor. Amazon has already invested heavily in automation in its warehouses to cut down on staff.

    The company has also begun using drones for deliveries instead of humans, and has even filed patents* for an unmanned blimp that could be used as a floating warehouse.

    Amazon’s automated prototype supermarkets would be run by six staff at a time on average, the sources said. At a minimum, it could be run by three people. One worker would restock shelves while another two would work at drive-thru windows to hand customers their groceries.

    Another pair would work upstairs to help the robots bag the groceries that would then travel downstairs on conveyor belts.

    A manager would help customers sign up for the company’s Amazon Fresh grocery service.

    Amazon could also employ greeters to help curtail shoplifting at the thinly staffed stores alongside motion-sensing software to track goods.

    Using robots in the upper floors means that Amazon could pack far more items into a small space than conventional* supermarkets. Each store could pack in 15-20,000 items at a time.

    (SD-Agencies)