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Humanoid robots coming to Danish grocery stores

The robots will begin work at Danish supermarkets, where one shopper said they would be preferable to her cousin who double-charged her for a bag.

On air: Hank Ledger on Weekend Edition
Published 7:34 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

At a glance

First reported by AP News: “Take me to your checkout: Humanoid robots coming to Danish grocery stores”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 7:34 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger.

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AP NewsTake me to your checkout: Humanoid robots coming to Danish grocery stores

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHumanoid robots are headed for grocery stores in Denmark. Skip is outside one this morning, and I'm told he is dry. Skip?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I am standing outside a Danish supermarket, and behind me you can see the doors where the robots will start work.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentCustomers are arriving with baskets, and nobody has been replaced yet.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYet.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentRight, yet. Hank, I'd just say that a man willing to stand outside a shop at dawn is already ready for a bigger job.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWho did you find to talk to?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA shopper named Mette Haugaard, with a bag of rye bread. Mette, would a robot ringing you up bother you?
Mette HaugaardNo. If it says good morning and counts correctly, it is already better than my cousin. He charged me for the bag twice.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentBetter than family. I'm rehearsing my desk read in the live truck, and the robot has no truck.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThanks, Skip. Later this half hour, what did an AI model tell Philadelphia police that was not true?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChip is next with news from across America, and I assume the robot would have gotten his job too.