It was in the WSJ this morning, Lowes is apparently going to deploy customer service robots which will greet you at the door and ask if they can help you find anything.
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/...obots-in-store
This is apparently how it works: You send your wife to Lowes with a sample of a 16d nail. She approaches the robot and holds the nail in front of the robot's camera. The robot employs the latest in 3D technology to identify the short piece of welding rod she is holding, and takes your wife to the empty display of welding supplies. Thirty minutes later your wife returns home with some of those tiny paint sample cans (you know, the frightening little ones that tell you your wife is entertaining the notion of you painting something), and no nails.
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