Your robot overlords are now working at Lowes.

[TampaAnimusVortex]

http://singularityhub.com/2014/10/29/service-robots-will-now-assist-customers-at-lowes-store/

Most folks don’t interact with robots in their daily lives, so unless you work in a factory, the tech can seem remote. But if you’re a San Jose local? Welcome to the future. Orchard Supply Hardware just hired a pair of bots to greet and engage customers.

Beginning this holiday season, the robots, dubbed OSHbot, will employ a suite of new technologies to field simple customer questions, identify items, search inventory, act as guides, and even summon Orchard Supply Hardware experts for a video chat.

[logosoco]

1. Interesting, but would be much more helpful if it could

lift things off of high shelves or pick up heavy things and put them on the cart.


Otherwise...meh.

[Warpy]

4. Well, it will save floor personnel

having to walk all over those monstrosities every time someone has a question about where something is, especially when they're frustrated because they can be starting right at it in such an overwhelming place and not see it.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Maybe they could design a website that shows what products they sell and have in stock.

And thus catch up with 2004 technology.

[tkmorris]

3. LOL, right?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Finally a place where old retired robots can pick up some PT hours to keep busy.