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I think part of the problem is the technology hasn't changed in the last 20 years. During college I worked at a large UK retail store when they had the self che

by fy20 3y ago

I think part of the problem is the technology hasn't changed in the last 20 years. During college I worked at a large UK retail store when they had the self checkouts installed, and other than a slightly nicer design, today it is effectively the same as it was then. For example today I still struggle to scan things with the laser barcode scanner, where as cameras are much more reliable for scanning barcodes today. The system could collect data when an item does not match the weight in the database and 'learn' that it should be different, but this is impossible as behind the scenes it's still using a POS system that was designed 30 years ago.

6510 3y ago
Right, it should be able to tell what kind of fruit or vegetable is on the scale and [at least] highlight it in the maze of menus. The larger the supermarket the funnier the search. Likewise it could see I have 2 croissants with cheese in stead of having me search though a list of packaged bread half of which isn't even on the shelve. It should be able to see the shelves too. It doesn't need good vision, if it can see there are 5 big piles from afar and people purchase 5 kinds it gets rather obvious which are the most likely candidates. If 3 out of 5 shelves are empty you shouldn't display all the nice things I cant have. It seems a fun project to work on.