Instacart is reportedly seeking to cut its human labor workforce of shoppers delivering goods to online customers by using automation and robots to reduce labor costs.

The company would not cut all human workers from its roster but aims to use robots for tasks such as gathering goods from automated fulfillment centers the company would build across the nation, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing internal planning from Instacart.

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