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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 (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal)

Walmart's warehouse automation initiative—executed in partnership with Symbotic, in which Walmart holds a 12.6% stake—is encountering significant technical failures, including mis-sorting of irregular items like cardboard boxes and turkeys, amid growing operational complexity across ~200 US facilities.

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Techmeme

Oct 10, 2026

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01 Machines programmed to sort merchandise in warehouses hit kinks with cardboard boxes and turkeys.

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