(CNN) -- Walmart wants store workers to help out customers instead of mopping up floors and unloading boxes in backrooms. So it's increasingly turning to robots to fill those tasks. The world's ...

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One of the most promising implementations of retail automation has come to a screeching halt. Last week, news broke that mega-retailer Walmart was ending a lucrative contract with robotics firm Bossa ...

Walmart currently deploys a small number of robots at its stores across the United States, but this week it says it’s “going big” with the technology, rolling out thousands more machines so that its ...