The robot invasion has begun in the grocery aisle

A family-owned grocery chain in the Midwest is set to test an aisle-roving robot, joining technology-savvy retail behemoths like Amazon and Walmart. The robot, named Tally, will begin scanning store aisles at three St. The robot will check aisles three times a day to look for out-of-stock items and make sure items and price tags properly correspond, company officials say. "We're excited to see what this partnership brings," Dave Steck, the chain's vice president of IT and infrastructure, said in a statement on its collaboration with San Francisco-based Simbe Robotics. "This is just one of many ways that Schnucks is staying at the forefront of technology to enhance our customers' shopping experiences."