How to Implement AI Self Checkout in Retail if You Are Not Amazon

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. In this episode, we’ll analyze how any brick-and-mortar store can be automated with computer vision systems. The overview is based on the experience of MobiDev's experts. The article on this topic is available at: https://mobidev.biz/blog/how-to-implement-ai-self-checkout-in-retail-if-you-are-not-amazon00:21 MobiDev, a software development company00:52 Intro02:20 Automated Self Checkout Technologies03:18 Complications with Facial Recognition 04:30 «Who took what» problem05:03 Human Pose Estimation for Amazon05:37 Distinguish fairly similar products06:10 Computer Vision for smaller retailers07:56 Computer Vision for foodservice09:08 AI-based checkout - requirements to consider10:58 Data collection recommendations11:50 Training the model12:48 Model retraining13:29 Required infrastructure14:25 Privacy restrictions15:06 ConclusionMobiDev is an international software engineering company with headquarters in US and UK and R&D centers in Poland and Ukraine. The company is focused on helping visionaries create their products. MobiDev invests in technology research and has years of experience building AI-powered solutions, and implementing machine learning, augmented reality, and IoT.