Walmart is expanding its robot-operated fulfillment centers to dozen of locations
Walmart is expanding its robot-powered fulfillment centers to ‘dozens of locations’. is a direct parallel to Amazon’s strategy, as the two companies continue to clash amid growing demand for online orders. Walmart piloted its first fulfillment center in 2019
The new fulfillment centers are warehouses that will be built within or alongside your existing retail locations. Walmart’s first fulfillment center opened in 2019 in Salem, New Hampshire when the retail giant began testing the concept.
These warehouses use wheeled robots, called Alphabets, to pick up items from the shelves and prepare orders placed online.
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Alphabets will retrieve items o However, the company said its human employees would still be tasked with grabbing fresh items like meat and produce, in addition to larger items.
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Walmart has not said which locations will receive the fulfillment center.- ones, but the company announced in its blog post that it is already planning “dozens of locations, and many more to come.
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