06-17-2021 10:53 AM - edited 06-17-2021 10:54 AM
This is pretty effin cool! The future is now?
Japanese store chain Family mart hopes to have robotic employees working in 20 branches by 2022.
Full Article:
https://vrscout.com/news/family-mart-remote-controlled-vr-robot-workers/#
06-21-2021 08:13 AM
Looks cool, but why they need them?
Is it anti-covid feature or is it "work from home"?
06-21-2021 12:33 PM
Well the article was from almost a year ago so I imagine Covid 19 was likely a driving force.
06-21-2021 06:27 PM
@Nekto2 wrote:Looks cool, but why they need them?
Is it anti-covid feature or is it "work from home"?
From the article:
remote accessibility also proves beneficial to Family Mart branches struggling to find local workers
You can staff a store with a worker even if you are unable to find someone local to operate it. The worker can control the robot from another region entirely. This is next level outsourcing, which has a potential for huge cost-savings.