Panasonic introduces robotic checkout at a grocery store in Osaka

Panasonic introduces robotic checkout at a grocery store in Osaka

The company is currently piloting the system at a Lawson outlet in Osaka, Japan, where Panasonic is headquartered. For now, shoppers using the robotic baskets must manually scan their purchases. But by February, Panasonic aims to fit each item in the store with an electronic tag.

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Jobs that might not exist in 10 years time:

  1. Truck driver
  2. Taxi driver
  3. Checkout staff
  4. 50% of local cleaning staff - reaplced by cleaning drones controlled from afar e.g. an operator in Africa controls a cleaning drone in a London hotel
  5. ?