Hitachi, Shekel Brainweigh team on autonomous shopping solution

Shekel Brainweigh Ltd., a provider of weighing technology, and Hitachi today unveiled Capsule, a framework for an autonomous micro-market solution based on Hitachi's LiDAR sensors and Shekel's Product Aware Shelves, according to a press release.

Capsule is a modular, integrated framework for autonomous micro-market that revolutionizes the way shoppers purchase items. It acts as an autonomous shopping solution, a real-time inventory management platform and privacy-compliant LiDAR shopper tracking technology.

To enter, shoppers will be identified using a secured payment method and tracked while shopping by Hitachi's LiDAR technology. Consumers can shop for any item in the store which is registered with Shekel Product Aware shelves and management system that is automatically integrated to any retailer's POS and leave the store without checking out through traditional self-checkout machines or via store cashiers.

All administrative processes are automated, such as calculating and paying for purchases.

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