But this year, Stop & Shop introduced giant, gray, aisle-patrolling robots at more than 200 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

If you’ve been known to pick up oatmilk, gluten-free bread, and boxes of Lucky Charms at 500 Giant, Martin’s, and Stop & Shop locations, you may run into a googly-eyed robot named Marty.

Stores have tried to make them seem helpful and friendly – Ahold Delhaize-owned stores like Stop & Shop and Giant put googly eyes on their robots and named them “Marty”.