"Wheelys has collaborated with Hefei University to develop a system that collects the shopper’s biometrics—most notably walking gait—as he or she scans the QR code and uses sensors on the shelves to detect removal of items. Shoppers must register ahead of time for an account. Once an item has been removed, it is linked to the shopper’s ID in the smartphone app to prevent theft. After the shopper has completed payment, the biometric information collected at the door is automatically deleted. The store is planning and AI powered hologram assistant and a cloud-based system that will store information about general customer behaviors as well as preferences of individual shoppers, and analyze that to help shop owners predict what products will sell at what places. Further down the line is the plan to autonomously restock and increase sales by moving to different locations according to predictions of demand. "
Proof of concept; results not yet available