Amazon reveals its own smart grocery cart

The smart grocery cart, which Amazon unveiled, uses cameras, sensors, and a scale to automatically detect what shoppers drop in. It keeps a tally and then charges their Amazon account when they leave the store. No cashier is required while checking out the shopped items.

This is the new technology that Amazon has invented to shook the supermarket industry. And to offer the solution to long checkout lines. The online shopping giant opened a cashier-less supermarket in Seattle. This cart uses cameras and sensors in the ceiling to track what shoppers grab and charge them as they leave.

This smart grocery cart called Amazon Dash Cart. The cart will first show up at a new Los Angeles supermarket Amazon is opening later this year. The store will have cashiers, but Amazon said it wanted to give shoppers a way to bypass any checkout lines. In the future, it could be used at Amazon’s Whole Foods grocery chain or other stores, if Amazon sells the technology, but there are no plans for either right now.

Several start-ups are already making similar smart shopping carts that are tested in stores, but many require scanning groceries before dropping them in.

The Amazon cart does not have scanning. A screen near the handle shows what is paid, and when something is being deducted from the bill, the cart will sense it. And there’s also a way to let the cart know. If you need to throw a jacket or purse in the cart so you don’t have to carry it around.