On July , 2020 , Amazon revealed a new smart shopping cart -Dash cart , then the smart shopping cart has became a hot-discussed topic in retail industry .let me give you a smart shopping cart analyse then ,.

But lots of people still know little about the smart shopping cart . So in this article , I will make a detailed introduction about what is a smart shopping cart , the application of smart shopping cart and the technology behind the smart shopping cart .

What is a smart shopping cart ?

A smart shopping cart is a new kind of shopping cart which could help load items just as an ordinary shopping cart ,besides ,it could support customers purchase items by themselves and check out by themselves .

Moreover , a smart shopping cart could interact with customers just as a shopping guide . With a smart shopping cart , the shopping experience is full of fantastic .

Due to the pandemic ,frictionless shopping is gradually important in retail industry . As a tool that can help achieve frictionless shopping ,smart shopping cart now has attracted three parties attention , including retailers , customers and branders .

What are the applications of smart shopping carts ?

Smart shopping carts applications are now very wide . Up to now , smart shopping carts are available in supermarket or grocery stores in China , the USA , Canada , Kuwait , Israel , the Philippines ,etc .

There are different smart shopping cart makers in the world , and they developed smart shopping cart under different technologies .

In China , smart shopping carts emerged in the market are all bar code scanner smart shopping carts . Up to now , the major retailers almost tried smart shopping carts developed by Superhii Inc .

Wu Mart , one of the largest retailers in China , started a smart shopping cart test project in 2017 ,and ordered large quantities in later years . China resource ole supermarket , one of the largest nationalized retailers in China , brought in smart shopping carts in 2020 , as there are more requirements for self-checkout methods. Walmart China started a smart shopping cart business plan in 2020 , as Walmart is always a pioneer in innovation .  

In the USA , Amazon Dash cart and Caper smart cart are two well-known smart cart brands . It was surveyed that Caper has sold its smart shopping carts to Kroger . Kroger , the largest U.S. supermarket operator ,piloted smart shopping cart in 2021 . The carts have bar code scanners but also adopts artificial intelligence which could recognize items that customers put into the cart basket .

Amazon Dash cart has attracted the whole industry’s eyes on the day it was revealed . Amazon Dash cart could track items as shoppers add them, then automatically charges them when they remove the grocery bags, allowing them to skip the checkout line. But up to now , Dash carts are currently only available at the Amazon Fresh grocery stores.

What are the main technology behind the smart shopping cart system ?

The main technologies smart shopping cart adopts includes artificial intelligence ,weight sensors , RFID and indoor-navigation .

Artificial intelligence mainly focuses on deep learning and computer vision recognition . Applied in smart shopping cart , artificial intelligence technology enables smart shopping carts to recognize items customers put into the cart basket . Besides , artificial intelligence can be used to implement loss prevention work .

Weight sensors are commonly used in smart shopping carts . This is a basic loss prevention methods . Weight sensors are installed on the bottom of the smart carts , there are items’ weight data in the carts’ system .When customers put items into the cart basket , the smart cart system will compare the actual weight with the weight in the data to finish the loss prevention work .

RFID are widely used in smart shopping carts . There are RFID tags on smart shopping carts , if customers have paid for their shopping bill ,the RFID at the dedicated exit will release the carts , otherwise , it will alert that there is some problems on the cart .

In-door navigation is another important function on the smart shopping carts . Customers may have trouble to search for items they need at a strange supermarket , based on this technology , the smart shopping cart shows a map of the supermarket and guides customers to find items they need .