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Tally at St. Louis, Missouri

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

Schnuck Markets, based in St. Louis, is Simbe's flagship and longest-running Tally customer. After piloting Tally in 2017, Schnucks converted the trial into a commercial rollout, reaching all 111 of its stores by August 2021 and becoming the world's first grocer to deploy inventory robots chainwide. A pilot that converted to a paid, ongoing, chainwide deployment.

Key facts

Operator
Schnuck Markets
Scope
Chainwide, 111 stores

Safety record

No incidents on record for Tally at St. Louis, Missouri.

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
scaled
First seen
2021-08-26
ID
be0069b3-43ae-4d20-9c76-13e42ac58efb

Sources (1)

  1. Schnucks deploys inventory robots chainwide · https://www.grocerydive.com/news/schnucks-deploys-inventory-robots-chainwide/605626/ · 2021-08-26
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
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Tally at St. Louis, Missouri.

Common questions

What is the Tally deployment at St. Louis, Missouri?
Tally, built by Simbe Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at St. Louis, Missouri on the DEPLOY registry. Simbe Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Tally at St. Louis, Missouri?
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 St. Louis, Missouri go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting August 26, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Tally deployment at St. Louis, Missouri?
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 St. Louis, Missouri safe?
Tally at St. Louis, Missouri 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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