1MRobotics: Israeli firm deploys robots to speed up online shopping

Tel Aviv (AFP) Feb 15, 2023Behind a dark and opaque storefront in Tel Aviv, an Israeli company is speeding up online shopping by replacing staff with robots that manoeuvre around small storerooms. Whirring along a rail between two long shelves packed with coffee capsules, a robot stopped, pivoted to the right, shone a light before grabbing an item and dropping it into a paper bag. "Shoppers want to receive their i