What's the difference between a robot coffee kiosk and a vending machine?

The two are not at the same level. Personally, I prefer the automatic coffee machine. Because vending machines have no core technology, they are just integrated hardware of automatic warehousing system and payment system. The components of an automatic coffee machine are more complicated. Coffee wing's free-wing coffee machine has built-in components to provide freshly ground coffee beans, which requires high technical accuracy and failure rate. In terms of taste alone, freshly ground coffee is better than coffee from vending machines.

Recently, a "new species"-COFE+robot coffee kiosk appeared in Shanghai Zhongshan Park and Yan 'an West Road subway station. In front of the coffee shop, consumers only need to scan the code to order food and pay. After placing an order, the robot cantilever in the transparent warehouse begins to grind, extract, stir, foam milk, feed and buckle the lid on site. The whole process takes only 30 seconds to 1 minute, and a cup of fragrant freshly ground coffee is ready.

Whether it is white-collar workers rushing to work or residents walking nearby, out of curiosity, many people can't help but stop in front of this machine cafe and order a cup of coffee. It is reported that this high-tech intelligent coffee robot COFE+ is independently developed by Shanghai Helidolphin Robot Technology Co., Ltd., covering an area of less than 2.5 square meters, and can provide personalized customized services such as 65,438+000% arabica and 65,438+000% organic coffee beans, hot drinks and iced drinks, hot/cold drinks, sugar-free, powder-free and particle-free.

Fully enclosed aseptic environment, fully transparent production process and zero-contact consumption mode throughout the process have dispelled consumers' last doubts. After tasting, consumers said that the coffee made by this COFE+ robot coffee shop is comparable to that of a professional barista, and the price is extremely close to the people. The lowest price for a cup of coffee is 9.9 yuan, while the price of the same coffee in brand stores is generally above 30 yuan.

At the same time, with the support of Internet of Things technology and artificial intelligence technology, the equipment is regularly cleaned and dusted, intelligently disinfected at high temperature, and the whole process is automatic, displaying temperature, humidity and air index in real time, which can be opened 24 hours without being attended.

Traditional artificial coffee shops, in addition to personnel costs, have to pay high store rent and loss costs, which are sky-high. In addition, the uneven service personnel and the inevitable mistakes in manual service also make it difficult to maintain the store. The appearance of COFE+ robot coffee kiosk breaks all kinds of disadvantages of traditional artificial coffee shops in one fell swoop, and has great advantages of low cost, low energy consumption and high quality service.

Bian Xiao believes that after a hundred years of development, the "real economy" has been highly saturated and excessively competitive, and a new wave of model innovation is urgently needed. The "unmanned shop" created by the Internet plus the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to transform the traditional economy is the evolution and subversion of physical shops. Robot coffee kiosk COFE+, which is a revolutionary new species, new format and new economy.

The vending coffee machine is a coffee and beverage vending machine which can supply cold and hot coffee, milk tea and fruit juice drinks at the same time, saving time, being convenient and fast. It can be used as both investment and employee welfare.

Judging from the development trend of vending machines, its appearance is the product of the transformation from labor-intensive industrial structure to technology-intensive society. Large-scale production, large-scale consumption and changes in consumption patterns and sales environment require the emergence of new circulation channels; However, with the emergence of new distribution channels such as supermarkets and department stores, labor costs are also rising; Coupled with the limitations of the venue and the convenience of shopping, unmanned vending machines emerged as necessary machines.

Broadly speaking, machinery that can sell goods after putting coins, banknotes, credit cards, etc. In a narrow sense, it is a machine that automatically sells goods. In terms of supply conditions, vending machines can fully supplement the shortage of human resources and adapt to the changes of consumption environment and consumption patterns. The 24-hour unmanned vending system can save more labor, require less funds when operating, occupy a small area, have its own performance to attract people's curiosity, and can solve the problem of rising labor costs well.

The vending machine industry is moving towards informationization and further rationalization. For example, the online mode is implemented, and the inventory information in the vending machine is transmitted to the computers in each business point in time through the telephone line to ensure the smooth delivery, replenishment and selection of goods. Moreover, in order to prevent global warming, the development of vending machines is committed to energy saving, and energy-saving cold drink vending machines have become the mainstream of the industry. During the peak power consumption in summer, this type of vending machine can keep the temperature low even when the cooler is turned off. Compared with previous vending machines, it can save electricity by 10- 15%. In 2 1 century, vending machines will further develop in the direction of saving resources and energy and high functionality.

A vending machine is a machine that can automatically pay according to the money invested. Vending machine is a common equipment for commercial automation, which is not limited by time and place, and can save manpower and facilitate transactions. It is a brand-new form of commercial retail, also known as 24-hour mini-supermarket. It is divided into three types: beverage vending machine, food vending machine and comprehensive vending machine.

Whether it is manufacturing, service or retail, automation is the future development trend. We will all see more equipment replacing labor. Under such a general trend, the prospect of vending machine industry is bright.