I actually helped Marty the robot when I am cleaning the shelves at the supermarket where I work and if he says there is clean up in the produce department, but I look to see if anybody that is normally there to clean up the mess which usually only needs the broom though. Yesterday in aisle 8 he found a piece a paper that belong to one those Pick-up online order so I knew this paper wasn't garage like most of the time. Plus sometimes I can see spills before the robot comes to report it. When I go shopping and if Marty is blocking the entrance of that aisle I still help him because I work there, but other people don't like him because he does get in the way. The only one problem with those shelf-checkout cashiers like in Target and in CVS don't take cash, but they break more easy too. The other problem is when they have a problem like in Stop & Shop supermarket uses those scanner-guns, but forgets that you are not suppose to use your store card because the card to get the gun is already in there than it freezes up the computer at work so the boss has to shut down that computer to let it reload after somebody freeze it by accident at work.
Do you really think Marty is just looking for debris and spills ??? Yes, a $35,000 robot is worth the cost if it prevents injuries or a very expensive lawsuit. I myself have slipped in stores several times. But, Marty is constantly photographing to see what items are out of stock, are running low, if items are in the wrong place and to check if prices on shelves are labeled correctly. At Safeway stores if an item didn't ring up as it was labeled on the shelf, you got it for free. Lots of money lost from incorrectly priced shelf labels or a lawsuit from slipping costs a #hitload more than one Marty robot. And get used to it, robots and self checkouts replace jobs humans should no longer be doing, plus they don't f&ck up or try to f&ck you over. I prefer to use cards, but on more than one occasion I have had a cashier say I gave them a ten when I handed a twenty bill.
So that's what those are for. I thought it was just to create traffic jams in the stores. Had one say "threat detected" when I bumped into it while trying to dodge a kid running through the store.
"Please step into the open and identify yourself. Law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear. Attention. This is now a combat zone. You may suffer harm up to and including death if you remain in the area. This notice required by law. "
