The days of having to walk over to a vending machine to get a snack may be over.
There are robotic vending machines in malls, airports, and even grocery stores in the US.
Tortoise, a startup that claims to have created the first remote-controlled store on wheels, has dispatched its adorable mobile stores to various venues, selling popcorn and cotton candy at the Mall of America and several NBA and NHL games.
What is the advantage over a vending machine? The transactions that would likely not have happened if we hadn't been there were discussed by the co-founder of Tortoise.
People are more likely to buy candy if it comes to them.
Tortoise's stores are controlled and monitored by staff at the company's headquarters in Mexico City, rather than relying on cutting edge self driving sensors.
They work best at any location where you have long lines, a lot of food traffic or a captive audience, or ideally some combination of the three.
A credit card can be used to open the boxes. Customers can retrieve their product once open.
It may not be the most flattering portrait of the current state of humanity, but there are worse things in the world than waiting in line for an amusement park to open.
There are robot stores-on-wheels.
Sad delivery robot is lost in the woods.
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