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A look at Walmart's troubled push to automate its ~200 US warehouses, as it and partners like Symbotic face technical setbacks; Walmart owns 12.6% of Symbotic

Machines programmed to sort merchandise in warehouses hit kinks with cardboard boxes and turkeys; automation push reaches 'peak complexity'

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A look at Walmart's troubled push to automate its ~200 US warehouses, as it and partners like Symbotic face technical setbacks; Walmart owns 12.6% of Symbotic

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