“Robo ‘cleanup’ in aisle three!” Some grocery stores in the U.S. are calling on robots in an attempt to keep their floors clean. Giant Food Stores has already piloted the wheeled robot, dubbed Marty, ...

SEEKONK, Mass. (AP) — A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees if it encounters spilled granola, squashed tomatoes or a broken jar of mayonnaise. But ...

A robotic supermarket assistant made a great escape from a Pennsylvania store. Marty, a robot known to the regulars at the Giant Food in Hellertown, decided to leave the store and head across the ...

Ever try to get some help from an associate at a big box store only to get a blank stare in return? Now you'll be able to get that same blank stare from a robot instead, as Walmart has decided to roll ...

Brick & mortar retail has been on its heels, but new technologies to cut the fat and increase efficiency are helping physical stores compete with ecommerce. Pensa Systems, a company that makes ...

The robots are coming! It sounds like a tagline for a science fiction film, but we need only look as far as the retail industry to see the truth in this statement. Robots have been with us for a while ...

The robots might be taking taking over retail, but some of them might be too cute to fear. Marty, a googly-eyed robot that assists in store clean-up efforts, is celebrating one year since the start of ...