Walmart said this week it has paired up with Silicon Valley startup Gatik to fulfil online grocery orders using driverless trucks. Since August, the companies have been operating a pair of autonomous box trucks on a seven-mile loop for 12 hours daily.
Gatik’s vehicles are loaded with product from a Walmart warehouse known as a “dark store” and then sent to a Walmart Neighborhood Market in the retail giant’s hometown of Bentonville, Ark. The Arkansas State Highway Commission approved the project in December 2020.
