Amazon has taken wraps off Amazon Go, a new kind of grocery store that eliminates the checkout process. The US based retail giant has opened its first Amazon Go store in Seattle that allows customers to just shop for the item they want and leave without waiting in a checkout line. It will open to the public in early 2017.
The Amazon Go store, uses sensors to detect what items shoppers have picked off the shelves and sends a bill to their Amazon accounts if they do not replace them. The store uses same tech that is used in self-driving cars such as computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Dubbed as “Just Walk Out”, the technology automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. After you are done shopping, you can just leave the store and Amazon will charge your account and send you a receipt.
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In order to use this service, users will need an Amazon account, a supported smartphone, and the free Amazon Go app.