Yea I think that's correct because pandemic shifted priorities for Walmart, autonomous solutions aren't yet good enough to completely replace human workers. Online orders spiked which left human employees with more free time so they were moved to storage and inventories to fulfill online orders and pickup orders.

WSJ reported it good: "As more shoppers flock to online delivery and pickup because of Covid-19 concerns, Walmart has more workers walking the aisles frequently to collect online orders, gleaning new data on inventory problems." [1]

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-shelves-plan-to-have-ro...