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Japanese Convenience Stores To Begin Employing VR-Controlled Robots

Zenbane
MVP
MVP

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.

 

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Full Article:

https://vrscout.com/news/family-mart-remote-controlled-vr-robot-workers/#

 

 

 

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Nekto2
Superstar

Looks cool, but why they need them?

Is it anti-covid feature or is it "work from home"?

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Well the article was from almost a year ago so I imagine Covid 19 was likely a driving force.


@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.