Outfitted with cameras and sensors, autonomous inventory robots can verify price signs and look for out-of-stock items. Inventory is one of the biggest challenges retailers face. Missed sales from empty shelves and out-of-stock items cost U.S. 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 worker 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 Footage: Brain Corp., Bossa Nova Robotics, Getty Images

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How Robots Could Help Retailers Save Billions