Social media is blowing up with posts about Kroger’s new inventory robots, Tally and Barney, which travels through the supermarket collecting inventory data, and the comments are giving the Cincinnati-based grocery chain a bit of free advertising.
Kroger is testing the new robots at 70 stores in metro Cincinnati and Indianapolis, according to a story in the Cincinnati Enquirer, which described it as a pilot program.
A Kroger spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment, but the robots appear to be through partnerships Simbe with Badger Technologies…