Champaign Voices

Grocery Stores Test AI Carts That Follow You; Dignity Files a Complaint

Published: September 10, 2026

Autonomous shopping carts piloted in select markets, promising convenience and delivering a robot that knows you buy the same sad cereal. What do you think?

“I can push my own judgment.”
Earl Fraley, Cart Wheel Fighter
“If it follows me, it better not chirp.”
Sharon Hedges, List on the Back of an Envelope
“One more robot between me and milk.”
Nadine Kizer, Self-Checkout Moral Crisis