In order to assist elderly or disabled people in supermarkets, a control system for shopping carts that automatically follow their users is developed. This system liberates elderly and disabled people from the burden of pushing shopping carts, because our proposed shopping cart is essentially a type of autonomous mobile robot that recognizes its user and follows him or her.
Cost
- Convenience in-store
Purchase
UK grocer Tesco has set up QR and augmented reality codes in the windows of its Metro stores, giving passers-by the chance to find out more information about the products displayed in the virtual shop window as well as to order and pay for goods on their mobile devices without entering the physical shop.
Cost
- Convenience in-store
Function
- Product information and comparison by in-store fixtures
- Product information and comparison by mobile phone
Purchase