Robot model
Tally
Tally is Simbe Robotics' autonomous shelf-scanning inventory robot; it traverses grocery and retail stores multiple times a day to audit stock levels, pricing,…
- Manufacturer
- Simbe Robotics
- Form factor
- service
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 13
- Website
- simberobotics.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Tally, a service by Simbe Robotics (commercial): 13 verified deployments on record. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Tally. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (13)
- Tally at Pessacpilot
Groupe Casino tested Simbe's Tally in the grocery section (about 12,000 SKUs) of its Geant Casino hypermarket in Pessac, near Bordeaux, running twice daily after restocking.
- Tally at Istanbulpilot
CarrefourSA, Carrefour's Turkish joint venture, deployed Tally robots into select Turkish stores in summer 2024, marking Simbe's market entry into Turkey.
- Tally at Dubaiscaled
Majid Al Futtaim, the exclusive Carrefour franchisee in the UAE, expanded Tally to 11 additional Carrefour stores after a September 2019 pilot at the Mall of the Emirates store in Dubai.
- Tally at Sleepy Hollow, New Yorkoperational
Independent New York-metro grocer DeCicco & Sons deployed Simbe's Store Intelligence platform and Tally at its Sleepy Hollow flagship plus its Eastchester and Larchmont stores in mid-2025, reporting up to 98 percent…
- Tally at San Franciscooperational
Sporting-goods retailer Decathlon deployed Tally in its inaugural US store in San Francisco from December 2018, one of the first RFID-enabled Tally implementations and a notable non-grocery vertical.
- Tally at Ankeny, Iowaoperational
Hy-Vee deployed Tally to five stores across Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri (including Ankeny, Iowa) beginning September 2021, using the robot to track on-shelf availability and pricing.
- Tally at Pittsburghpilot
Giant Eagle (including its Market District banner) piloted Tally in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Akron markets from April 2019.
- Tally at Marlboroughscaled
BJ's Wholesale Club, headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, announced plans in March 2023 to deploy Simbe's Tally to all of its roughly 237 club locations, one of Simbe's largest single-chain rollouts.
Wakefern Food Corp.
SpartanNash converted its 2023 pilot of Tally across 15 Michigan and Indiana stores into a commercial expansion, adding 60 more stores in February 2024.
Tally on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere Tally 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.
- Price point recordedJul 8, 2026
Not announced
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2025
at Sleepy Hollow, New York
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 1, 2024
at Istanbul
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 14, 2024
at Byron Center, Michigan
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tally.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-16
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-16
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: service
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Tally.Recent coverage
Tally in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Tally from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/simbe-tally.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/4392c1ef-998e-40c4-be6b-d00426ed91da
- Revision history: /models/simbe-tally/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Discover the best practices for a seamless rollout and implementation of Simbe's Tally robots, as demonstrated by Wakefern Food Corp. This video shares the pers
Simbe Robotics Tally Robot at BJ’s Wholesale Club.🇺🇸 #robotics #robot #bjs #jerseycity (8/01/25)
Schnuck Markets deploys Tally robot to more than half of stores- bringing shelf insights for better shopping experience. Simbe Robotics - Perfect Shelf Insight
In this episode of Beyond the Bench, Bill sits down with Mirza Shah, Co-Founder & CTO of Simbe Robotics, the company behind the popular retail robot Tally. S
What if your store could manage itself—flawlessly? Introducing Tally by Simbe Robotics, the autonomous retail robot that's scanning shelves, tracking inventory
Reality vs attention
Tally draws attention at the 99th percentile but verifies reality at the 99th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap +0.4, 23rd widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Above-average adoption relative to same-category peers. Strong recent media coverage and press activity.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 18, 2026