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H-E-B Tests Grocery Robots: Innovation or the Next Garmin Dash-Mounted GPS?
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In this week's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, conservative grocery giant H-E-B surprises everyone by piloting autonomous delivery robots in Austin with Avride. We break down why this 1-mile radius test makes sense for this location but question whether robot delivery can scale beyond urban experiments.
Timestamps:
25:12 - H-E-B robot pilot details
26:21 - Why this location works
27:07 - Scaling challenges
27:45 - "Garminized" prediction
28:56 - Partnership speculation
Catch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/3lsaTBvBuMs
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