Wal-Mart announced that it will set up an emerging technology office in Dallas, USA, to manage unattended store technology such as machine learning, computer vision and Internet of Things (IoT). Vision Systems Design reports, Wal-Mart in 2018 A project called Project Kepler was launched at the beginning of the year to develop a no-man shop that uses computer vision to replace cashiers. Customers do not need to checkout at the checkout counter, just like Amazon’s Amazon Go store. Stores may use Amazon-like systems. According to Amazon’s patent documentation, Amazon’s computer vision systems include RGB cameras, depth-sensing cameras and infrared sensors, and are responsible for identifying customers when they enter the store. Customer's Face Recognition Camera. The Wal-Mart Dallas office is currently working on a project that aims to determine how to use computer vision to detect splatter on walkways more quickly. Carlos Riojas, Wal-Mart's director of engineering and head of the Dallas office, said: Wal-Mart has already started video and image collection at 40 stores. To train computer vision. Amazon Go is located at Amazon’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, USA. It has recently been opened to the public. According to Amazon, a convenient shopping experience can be achieved with the technology used in autonomous driving, namely computer vision, sensor fusion (sensors). Fusion), deep learning, etc. form the 'Just Walk Out' system. Customers use the Amazon Go App to enter the store for shopping. These technologies can automatically detect the items taken from the shelves and record them to the virtual shopping cart. After the customer completes the purchase, he will be debited directly from his Amazon account, without going to the cashier checkout. Riojas was interviewed by VentureBeat and stated that Wal-Mart chose Dallas because of its proximity to multiple universities, including the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor University. It attracts many young professionals and is the largest city in Wal-Mart stores. Wal-Mart vice president Chris Enslin said that Wal-Mart sees opportunities from investing in emerging technologies. He said that the company has collected a large amount of data and is seeking to obtain new product value from it. The office currently has 13 team employees and is expected to be ready by the end of 2018. To recruit 32 employees.
