The Save Mart Companies has opened an automated dark shop in Mountain View, California, that offers same-day grocery delivery and pickup using a fleet of robots provided by startup Fulfil Solutions. The Lucky Now service, which began operations “a few months ago,” employs technology that can choose and pack products from all supermarket categories, regardless of whether the goods must be kept cold. Fulfil’s robots are built to avoid product damage, reduce picking time, and balance loads as they go through the fulfilment centre. Fulfil’s system tracks each item’s location in the facility while also tracking the origin of the items and when they are set to expire. It can fill orders “in minutes” and put food in bags for delivery to a waiting area where drivers may pick them up.

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