Robotics at Wal-Mart, Amazon and Kroger

A considerable overview of the many new announcements at major retailers.  This will certainly change the type of jobs that will be available.   Not unexpected as we digitize, automate,  do better prediction and classification via all kinds of analytics.  Statistical or Cognitive.    Robotics addresses physical manipulation and those jobs will become more service based.

Amazon and Walmart add more robots, but insist they won’t terminate jobs
Companies like Amazon and Walmart say their automation efforts will lead to new jobs, but critics worry about the humans who could be phased out.
 By Steven Melendez in FastCompany

Since Amazon bought warehouse robotics company Kiva Systems in 2012, its efforts in automation have been well known. The retail and tech powerhouse has introduced its cashierless Amazon Go stores, flirted with plans for drone deliveries, and rolled out tens of thousands of robots to shuffle goods around its fulfillment centers.  .... "