Couche-Tard will deploy more than 10,000 intelligent self-checkout machines

Alimentation Couche-Tard will deploy more than 10,000 self-checkout machines in 7,000-plus Circle K and Couche-Tard convenience stores over the next three years.

The artificial intelligence-powered machines use computer vision to recognize and ring up items without the use of barcodes.

The self-checkouts are installed on existing countertop space in stores. Customers place the products they wish to purchase on the device and cameras recognize and tally the transaction in under a second, according to the convenience store giant and Mashgin, the tech provider.