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Tally at Pittsburgh

Tally is Simbe Robotics' autonomous shelf-scanning inventory robot; it traverses grocery and retail stores multiple times a day to audit stock levels, pricing, and planogram compliance, returning to its charging base without staff assistance.

Tally by Simbe Robotics · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified


Machine-readable surfaces

Giant Eagle (including its Market District banner) piloted Tally in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Akron markets from April 2019. Tally scanned roughly 35,000 products and sent inventory reports to store teams every 30 minutes.

Key facts

Operator
Giant Eagle / Market District

Safety record

No incidents on record for Tally at Pittsburgh.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Last updated
2026-07-09
Model
Tally
Status
pilot
First seen
2019-04-15
ID
df4aafd3-7be8-4380-b2d8-58e5a5116fd6

Sources (1)

  1. Tally trials at Giant Eagle · https://www.therobotreport.com/tally-trials-giant-eagle-simbe-inventory-grocers/ · 2019-04-29
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: service

Sources by quality tier

1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Tally at Pittsburgh.

Common questions

What is the Tally deployment at Pittsburgh?
Tally, built by Simbe Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Pittsburgh on the DEPLOY registry. Simbe Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Tally at Pittsburgh?
Simbe Robotics, the manufacturer of Tally, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Tally deployment at Pittsburgh go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting April 15, 2019 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Tally deployment at Pittsburgh?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
Is Tally at Pittsburgh safe?
Tally at Pittsburgh has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

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