ArticleBody:Over the course of the past decade or so, grocery shoppers at outlets large and small have become accustomed to automated self-checkout stations that reduce the number of human cashiers required to scan and weigh items. Shoppers, in turn, are tasked with scanning, measuring, and bagging their groceries.
The MIT researchers believe their RoboGrocery unit’s specific combination of soft handed-robotics and AI decision-making should set it apart. In a test of the system, researchers say their robot had nine times less instances of damaging items than another robot without the same tactile sensors.
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