Caper Cart

AI-powered smart shopping cart using computer vision cameras and weight sensors to recognize items placed in the cart without scanning or weighing. Features a touch-enabled screen for navigation, product recommendations, and in-cart checkout. First smart cart in the US approved by NTEP for selling items priced by weight. Deployed at Kroger, Wakefern, Schnucks, Sobeys, and Auchan. Acquired by Instacart in October 2021 for $350M.

Yes. Caper Cart is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Caper Cart is made by Instacart, based in San Francisco, CA, USA, founded in 2012.

4 verified deployments of Caper Cart are on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States (multiple hotel chains), Canada, USA, United Kingdom, Europe.

Caper Cart is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable service robots to Caper Cart include Tally, Locus Origin, Moxi, Mirokai.

Caper Cart and Tally (Simbe Robotics · 16 deployments) are both service robots on the DEPLOY registry. Caper Cart has 4 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Caper Cart ranks in roughly the top 42% of service models tracked by the registry.

Caper Cart is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Caper Cart has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 moderate). Most recent: Dec 2025. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.