Pilot a checkout-free store with cameras and shelf sensors

Checkout-free stores record purchases using cameras and shelf sensors

Future prospectAI Act: no extra obligationsInspecting by cameraRetail & e-commerce

Fits: IT & software development · Sales · Leaders & strategy

Customers take goods from the shelf and leave, and billing is done using cameras and weight sensors. This makes small stores with long opening hours possible without a checkout. So far this only runs in a few stores and pilot projects, and some retailers have discontinued such concepts or switched to self-scanning.

Is this for you?

  • You are planning a small store with a limited range, e.g. on a company site, in a station or in the countryside, and want to be a pilot partner for this.
  • You can support a pilot over several months with a technology partner, data protection and legal.
  • You have looked at simpler solutions such as self-scanning by app or self-checkouts, and they are not enough for your location.
First step today

Use the template below to research which checkout-free concepts are in regular operation, which are in pilot and which have been discontinued. Then note the size of the range, opening hours and target group for your planned location. This shows whether cameras are needed at all or whether self-scanning is enough.

How to go about it

  1. Define the store concept and the detection task
  2. Install cameras, shelf sensors and access
  3. Collect test purchases and compare them with the real basket
  4. Test billing and set review thresholds
  5. Build receipts and complaints into the process
  6. Review incorrect charges every week

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EH-04 · Legal status 08.10.2026