Here's another of my future slice-of-life markets. On or around 1st Feb 2035 I will go to my local supermarket and see what's putting the food and goods onto the shelves. What will it be?

By "local supermarket" I mean the nearest Tesco Extra or equivalent to my home.

• If the majority is being done by human workers, resolves Humans.

• If it's being done by Atlas or similar, it'll resolve Humanoid general-purpose robots.

• If it's being done by a robot that is not humanoid but is an off-the-shelf device that can do more than stacking shelves, I will resolve Non-humanoid general-purpose robots.

• If it's being done by a robot that can only stack shelves and nothing more, I will resolve Task-specific robots.

• If home delivery, or drone delivery, or whatever else might get stuff me to where I am, has entirely replaced the concept of the large supermarket, or for any other reason (war, AGI, The Matrix) there is no longer a supermarket of Tesco Extra scale within 25 miles of my home, I will resolve to No local supermarket exists / other.

• Update 2025-21-01 (PST): - Definition of Humanoid: A robot will be resolved as Humanoid if it has a fairly high level of human-likeness, including articulated legs along with wheels (like a person on roller-skates). Robots that have only wheels below the waist will not be considered Humanoid. (AI summary of creator comment)