Equipped with cameras and sensors, autonomous inventory robots can verify price signs and search for out-of-stock items. Inventory is one of the biggest challenges retailers face. Lost sales from empty shelves and out-of-stock items will cost US retailers $82 billion in 2021, according to NielsenIQ. But an army of inventory robots is being deployed that could help retailers appease angry customers, boost sales and respond to the ongoing labor shortage.

Chapters:
0:00-2:07 Introduction
2:08-5:11 Chapter 1 Empty shelves
5:12-9:26 Chapter 2 Inventory robots
9:27-12:31 Chapter 3 The future

Produced by: Shawn Baldwin
Additional camera by: Andrew Evers
Edited by: Nic Golden Henry
Animation: Alex Wood
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional images: Brain Corp., Bossa Nova Robotics, Getty Images

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How robots can help retailers save billions

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