No, people definitely want to see and handle the actual produce and meats and even dairy they will buy. The robot mode would work fine for the packaged goods but actually that seems very complex and error prone and giant and expensive, compared to people using hand scanners.

Of course some would push for RFIDs but they have other negative consequences.

For the user, this is supposed to be easier. It would be easiest if you could just put the items in the bag you want, of course, rather than being told which one to put it in, and maybe that’s possible. But otherwise it’s scan and drop while you shop, and your checkout is instant (and your checkout line is also much faster moving.)