The idea of checkout-free shopping in venues crystalized as Amazon Go, Tesco, Walmart, and many more. The idea of using fully-automated checkout with computer vision is a successful example of retail automation. But, a few store owners want to build a whole new outlet to run their business offline. As it requires an integrated software infrastructure, as well as imposes development and financial challenges we will discuss today.

In this article, we’ll analyze how any brick and mortar store can be automated with computer vision systems.