Robot to clock in at a convenience store in test of retail automation

A back in my day note: Back in my day if you routinely spoke to a piece of machinery, you were considered crazy and in need of mental care.

Sorry, call me old school but I still prefer human to human interaction.

"... designed to resemble a kangaroo"

Why is it designed to resemble a kangaroo? Why is it not designed for efficiency, or for cost reduction, or for ease of repair?

It looks sinister. I would assume they could have made it look a bit more friendlier?

. . . state of the art.

Amazing. Rather than pay a living wage, these places would willingly pay out for a robot.

It looks more like some kind of space cat than a kangaroo.

One of the biggest thing at the moment that is driving me mad is the autonomous society that we live in, I can understand robots in car factories or where highly accurate machine parts for X,Y or Z are made, but even down to closing banks and stuff its all automated, I am sorry but I do like to communicate, face to face with some one who I am buying a product or service from, Its becoming a soulless society ( here in the UK) what is wrong with having some one in a shop filling shelfs? why a god dam robot? my local bank spent thousands of pounds on installing a paying in machine, but they still employed the lady who was sitting behind the counter ( who they were trying to replace by the paying in machine) to show customer how to use it! so did they save money? no it cost the bank more. please stop this decline of human interaction by replacing them with robots!!

Even the 'bot is wearing a mask? No thank you!

Just give me a screen and buttons to push.

Besides, that thing is uber-creepy, and it is taking away someone's job.

Does it looks the other way while greeting you?

Is the robot wearing a mask? It look like...

It looks like something out of my nightmares.

Anubis lives ? (well in Robotic form)

I do not know how effective the robot is but it looks pretty cool to me!