Goodbye Walmart Greeters, Hello Robots!

MIAMI, FL – AUGUST 18: A Walmart sign is seen on August 18, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Walmart announced today that earnings fell in the second quarter due to currency fluctuations and the retailer’s investment in employee wages and training.

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That greeter you see at your neighborhood Walmart may soon be a thing of the past.

Walmart is stepping up it's game and getting more help from robots. In fact, the retail giant says it'll have some 1,500 autonomous floor cleaners, 1,200 truck unloaders, 900 in-store pick-up towers, and 300 shelf scanners that it will be deploy across hundreds of Walmart stores around the country.

Walmart says it's an effort to cut labor costs and repurpose some associate-level positions to focus more on sales and customer service.

But, the move is not all good for current human employees who are worried the robots will mean shorter hours, fewer jobs and more staffing shortages.

Time will tell.

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