Safety robot deployed at Woolworths to clean up spills

Woolworths are now using new technology to monitor stores by deploying robots and installing new cameras at the self-serve checkout. 

The supermarket giant has introduced a robot which cleans up spills and identifies hazards at the Gregory Hills store in Sydney, which opened on Friday.      

‘We’ve been working hard to reduce trips and slips in our stores, but we still see too many,’ a Woolworths spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

‘It will roam the store looking for potential safety hazards, and allow one of our store team members to quickly attend to it,’ a Woolworths spokesperson said 

‘We’re trialling new technology in Gregory Hills to see if it can help make the store safer for our customers and team.’

‘It will roam the store looking for potential safety hazards, and allow one of our store team members to quickly attend to it,’ the spokesperson said. 

Woolworths are also decreasing opportunities for would-be thieves by installing cameras at the self-serve checkout.   

‘We know the vast majority of our customers do the right thing at self-serve checkouts. This is a security measure we’re trialling for those that don’t.’

They have also installed cameras at the self-serve checkout in order to  watch out for would-be thieves 

‘The store has eight manned checkout lanes, and we’ve hired 40 customer service team members, for customers who prefer to interact with our team as they checkout,’ the spokesperson said. 

Woolworths have said they have worked carefully to ensure cameras can’t view the PIN pad and the technology is compliant with payment card security standards. 

Earlier this month, Coles also installed tablet computer-sized cameras at the top of its self-service checkouts in 12 Melbourne stores, to combat theft.  

Woolworths have said they have worked carefully to ensure cameras can’t view the PIN pad and is compliant with payment card security standards