Walmart to roll out robot janitors: 360 floor scrubbing AI bots set to take to stores across America

Walmart is set to unleash AI controlled floor scrubbing robots at its stores. The autonomous janitors can clean floors on their own, even when customers are around, the startup behind the smart bots said. The world's largest retailer will roll out 360 autonomous floor-scrubbing robots in some of its stores in the U.S. by the end of the January, it said in a joint statement with San Diego-based Brain Corp., which makes the machines. The autonomous machines are equipped with sensors to scan for people and obstacles nearby. The floor scrubbers need a person to map an initial training route, but can then follow the route on their own.