Business Tech Roundup: Walmart Rolls Out AI Forklifts

BOWLING GREEN, OH – MAY 17: A Wal-Mart greeter waits to welcome new customers to the new 2,000 … [+] square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter store May 17, 2006 in Bowling Green, Ohio. The new store, one of three new supercenters opening today in Ohio, employs 340 people with 60 percent of those working full-time. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)Getty Images Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Walmart is putting AI-powered electric forklifts to work. Walmart is planning to test a robotics workforce in four of its distribution centers. The latest details indicate that 19 FoxBot Class 1 forklifts will be deployed to handle heavy labor. This next experimental round will be monitored by executives as Walmart works toward its goal of wider automation by 2026. A “stand-up autonomous forklift designed for load/unload operations on warehouse loading docks,” (Source: Electrek) Why this is important for your business: While… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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