Drones could soon help you shop in Walmart

While Amazon works towards unleashing drones in the sky, Walmart is looking to use them in its stores. The Arkansas-based firm has been granted a patent for in-store drones that would transport items from one department to another. It has been suggested that the system would'greatly improve the customer experience' by saving visitors trips across the massive facilities to fetch items or from having to wait for an employee to return with their desired merchandise. Walmart has been granted a patent for in-store drones that would transport items from one department to another. A human worker receives a request from a customer, via a'display screen or as a text message', who then attaches the item to the drone A human worker would receive a request from a customer via a'display screen or as a text message' and would then attach the item to the drone.