Robot model
Caper Cart
AI-powered smart shopping cart using computer vision cameras and weight sensors to recognize items placed in the cart without scanning or weighing.
- Manufacturer
- Instacart
- Form factor
- service
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Website
- company.instacart.com ↗
Overview
AI-powered smart shopping cart using computer vision cameras and weight sensors to recognize items placed in the cart without scanning or weighing. Features a touch-enabled screen for navigation, product recommendations, and in-cart checkout. First smart cart in the US approved by NTEP for selling items priced by weight. Deployed at Kroger, Wakefern, Schnucks, Sobeys, and Auchan. Acquired by Instacart in October 2021 for $350M.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Sources on file
- 1 source, view all
No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.
Key facts
Technology
Checkout
NTEP certified
Retailers
Acquisition
Origin
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Caper Cart. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Caper Cart on the deployment map
Where Caper Cart is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Safety record
No incidents on record for Caper Cart.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Caper Cart?
- AI-powered smart shopping cart using computer vision cameras and weight sensors to recognize items placed in the cart without scanning or weighing. Features a touch-enabled screen for navigation, product recommendations, and in-cart checkout. First smart cart in the US approved by NTEP for selling items priced by weight. Deployed at Kroger, Wakefern, Schnucks, Sobeys, and Auchan. Acquired by Instacart in October 2021 for $350M.
- How much does Caper Cart cost?
- Caper Cart's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Caper Cart from Instacart. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Caper Cart actually deployed in the real world?
- Caper Cart is recorded at the commercial stage, but DEPLOY has no deployment verified at a named site yet; vendor deployment claims are not independently confirmed here. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
- Who makes Caper Cart?
- Caper Cart is made by Instacart, based in San Francisco, CA, USA, founded in 2012.
- Can you buy Caper Cart?
- Caper Cart is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to Caper Cart?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable service robots to Caper Cart include Tally, Lio, Autonomous UV-C Disinfection Robot, Locus Origin.
- How does Caper Cart compare to Tally?
- Caper Cart and Tally (Simbe Robotics · 13 deployments) are both service robots on the DEPLOY registry. Caper Cart has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- What is Caper Cart's maturity stage?
- Caper Cart is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Where is Caper Cart deployed?
- No verified deployments of Caper Cart are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
- Is Caper Cart safe?
- Caper Cart 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.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: service
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Caper Cart.Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/caper-cart.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/0ad8b12c-bc2b-42b1-8253-a001899742ce
- Revision history: /models/caper-cart/history
- Data documentation: /data
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