Amazon is advancing its contactless and cashierless shopping experience with a smart shopping cart, called a Dash Cart, that lets shoppers avoid the checkout line once done shopping.

The carts will be deployed this year at a new Amazon grocery store in Los Angeles, California. The cart features embedded cameras, sensors and a smart display that tracks the consumer's order, according to a CNBC report.

The innovation advances Amazon's cashierless technology being used at its Amazon Go stores for the past two years. Shoppers must have an Amazon account and smartphone to use the carts.
To begin shopping the shopper scans a QR code in the Amazon app and that signs them into the cart and then tracks items put into bags and completes checkout when shoppers remove bags and leave the store.

Michael Jaszczyk, CEO of GK Software USA, said that Amazon's move will force retailers to continue to experiment with cashierless concepts.

"In doing so, its important that retailers find the technology that fits well within their retail format and unique shoppers' needs," he said in an email statement. "While the Dash Cart is designed for small to mid-sized shopping trips, there are other challenges that must be solved for customers with long grocery lists."