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Walmart is planning to expand on its successful Walmart Delivery Unlimited grocery delivery service by incorporating an Amazon Prime-type membership program—Walmart+. While Walmart claims that the new service will not offer the same kinds of benefits to its members as Amazon does, it will be in direct competition with Amazon

Nuro, which makes autonomous delivery vehicles designed to operate on public roads, says the service will start “in the coming months” in Houston, Texas. Autonomous deliveries initially will be available to customers who opt into the test program. The goal will be to expand robotic delivery to the general public

Walmart has recently filed two patents for drone delivery to customers. One patent is for a system allowing the drone to land on an outdoor platform, then send a signal to open a trap door that would enable the package to be moved inside. The other patent is for a