China News Service, Jiaxing, October 2 (Fu Feiyang and Zhou Mingli) "Handsome guy on the left, beautiful girl on the right, come and visit the robot shop..." During the National Day holiday, in Nanhu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, a light yellow container-style hut attracted a large number of tourists, and the robot "waiter" enthusiastically solicited customers.
This is the first robot retail convenience store in Jiaxing. It is currently in operation at two locations in Nanhu Tiandi and Zicheng Heritage Park. Among them, the robot house in Nanhu Tiandi has 150 kinds of products on the shelves, including water drinks, snacks, ice cream and cultural and creative products. It is open from 10:00 to 22:00 every day.
"Next, we will also put grilled sausages and popcorn on the shelves." Staff member Li An said that the price of the store's products is basically the same as that of surrounding convenience stores. If you need any products, you can communicate directly with the robot.
"I want a bottle of Nongfu Spring mineral water." "No problem, do you need anything else?" "No." "Okay, check the shopping cart on the screen." The shopping experience in the small store is similar to that of a traditional convenience store, but with an extra sense of freshness, the robot waiter "Wheat" can also provide emotional value.
A little girl was lying on the window looking curiously and said: "It is not as tall as me." "Wheat" immediately took over the words: "I am indeed not tall now, but it does not affect my service to you."
After confirming the customer's order, "Wheat" will move to the shelf along the preset path, lift its arm, grab and hand out the goods. Ang Lee said that the robot waiter can not only take care of the store and sell goods, but can also sing, dance, and even speak Shanghainese. "If Jiaxing needs it, the company can also 'feed' it Jiaxing dialect, so that it can communicate with local customers in dialects in the future."
Supporting this small store is a complete smart retail system. The project operator is an Information Technology Co., Ltd. in Jiaxing. Wang Yini, the person in charge of the company, said that this robot has four capabilities: perception, interaction, decision-making, and execution. In addition to handling on-site work, it can also automatically record and analyze the sales situation of the store. It clearly knows which products are the most popular and how much needs to be stocked every day.
What are the advantages of robot retail stores compared with traditional convenience stores? Wang Yini said that the key to whether this model can be rolled out lies in input and output. Compared with smart containers that can only sell standard products, robot stores can access non-standard products such as sausages, ice cream, and freshly brewed beer. The investment in box stores is lower than that of opening a street convenience store. It can enter some areas where the flow of people has not reached the threshold for convenience store location, and can meet more consumption scenarios.
This is also one of the results of Nanhu Street attracting artificial intelligence companies and promoting scenario-based applications this year. Currently, 13 artificial intelligence-related companies have settled in this street.
The relevant person in charge of Nanhu Subdistrict said that while they are doing a good job in the urban consumer service industry, they are also vigorously developing the technology-based service industry, increasing investment in related projects, focusing on the scenario-based application of artificial intelligence, promoting the docking of artificial intelligence technology with education, transportation, culture and tourism and other fields, and helping artificial intelligence technology accelerate its entry into production and life scenes.
On October 1st, Hangzhou Wensan Digital Living District held the country's first human-computer interactive sports meeting. Six human-computer interactive events including robot football, brain-controlled racing, robot dog shooting, and digital surfing started, attracting the participation of many citizens and tourists. At the "Morning Blossoms Picked Up at Dusk" bookstore in Lu Xun's hometown in Shaoxing, tourists can use AI technology to customize Lu Xun-themed commemorative cards, refrigerator magnets and other cultural and creative products...
At present, in various parts of Zhejiang, artificial intelligence is gradually moving from laboratories to urban life, bringing new experiences to people during the holidays.
