Sensor-Fusion Grab-And-Go Store Tracking
Ceiling cameras and shelf sensors continuously track which items shoppers pick up and carry out, enabling full-size stores to charge customers automatically without any scanning or checkout step.
Developed mainly in: BrazilImpacting: Latin America
Grupo Muffato, Brazil's sixth-largest grocery chain with R$20.3 billion in 2025 revenue and roughly 130 stores, is spending R$10 million on a cashierless supermarket in Curitiba's Centro Cívico district. Hundreds of cameras and sensors identify items shoppers take from shelves, eliminating barcode scanning and checkout queues.
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- Brazilian grocer opens 700 m² checkout-free AI store in Curitiba
Economiareal · 29 Oct 2026
- Brazilian grocery chain Muffato opens AI-powered checkout-free supermarket in Curitiba
Exame · 22 Oct 2026
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