Is There a Way to Automate a Grocery Store?

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Grocery shopping could be automated with a robot on wheels. It would go from shelf to shelf, grabbing whatever product is on the shelf. But there are other issues such as what if something's out of stock? Or does it just continue to look for it all the time like a human would do?

This week, Marques and Andrew discuss the new, slightly crazy announcement from Tesla: the Tesla Bot! Tesla Bot is a planned humanoid robot that will be able to help people with everyday, boring/repetitive tasks. But this announcement begs the question: is a humanoid robot really the best option? Marques and Andrew debate that conundrum, as well as read questions from the community Discord to see how people think Tesla Bot might help humanity in the future.

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