[The Robot Shopping Assistant] uses radio frequency identification tags to locate items and a laser range finder to avoid collisions.

It was created by professor Vladimir Kulyukin at Utah State University and shop floor trials have already begun….

“People think we’re trying to replace guide dogs, bur we’re not” Prof Kulyukin told the BBC News website.

“The idea is that you simply come to the grocery store, grab the shopping assistant and it leads you to the different products. When you leave the store you leave it behind.”

Cool…. how long before I can get one at home that I can send to do the shopping for me?

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