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Supermarket queues are the bane of all our lives - but that could all be set to change thanks to new technology .
Automated checkouts could be set to scan all your shopping while it's still in the basket, slashing the amount of time people need to spend at the check-out.
A new system, known as Reji Robo, is being introduced in Japan.
The revolutionary shopping system scans and packs all your items for you - and there'll be much less waiting, reports the Daily Mail .
Using minute radio-frequency ID tags, which work out what's in your basket, the new shopping system has been designed by Panasonic .
Shoppers just pop into the supermarket, pick what they want and then put their basked in the bagging area, where it is scanned and packed.
The checkout, made by Panasonic, uses tiny radio-frequency ID tags attached to each item to tally up what's in your basket at the end of your shop.
All shoppers have to do is select what they want from the shelves and then place their basket in the bagging area, with the checkout doing the rest.
Your shopping will be fed into a carrier bag after the bottom of the basket gives way, passed back to you and the cost of your shop is displayed on the till.
Then all that's left to do is pay .
The bottom of the basket drops away as all the items are fed into a carrier bag and then passed back to you.
The system is currently being rolled out at stores across Japan, with 7 Eleven the latest to sign up, Japanese website Nikkei Asian Review reports.
Four major Japanese chains will sign up over the next year while it is hoped it will be in all supermarkets by 2025.
Panasonic claims the technology will reduce shopping times by 10 per cent.
The tech firm also claims the system will reduce food waste, as it will keep a highly accurate record of everything bought from the store and when it is purchased.