wheee - yet another example of Amazon/AI-tech-company mechanical-turking some AI vapourware using low-paid workers with the intention of "well we'll just get AI to do it later at some point when we've figured out the tech and for sure this will definitely scale": https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-abandons-ai-stores
https://aws.amazon.com/just-walk-out/
lol "Sensors, cameras, and deep learning tools sense what a consumer takes off the shelf" - OR... low-paid workers in foreign countries are watching your every move on the CCTV cameras and trying to guess what you've picked up.
Article about the new, with explanation of the creepy non-humanoid motion chosen (extreme mobility/flexbility, more efficient motion, but also undoubtedly to get hits on youtube and go viral): https://spectrum.ieee.org/atlas-humanoid-robot-ceo-interview