High-tech retail innovation hub - Hive 2.0 in Esplanade Xchange underground mall in Singapore. (Photo: Straits times)
Singapore (VNA) – Hive 2.0, a high-tech retailinnovation hub has been launched at Esplanade Xchange underground mall inSingapore.
The centre offers 10 unique retail experiences for startupsfocusing on automation, robotics and gigital retail services.
Speaking at the launch ceremony on January 22, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling said tools utilised by businesses,such as AI, can help alleviate issues like the manpower crunch.
These innovations can help lower operational costs, boostsales and address manpower and logistics challenges often faced by retailers, the minister was quoted by The Straits Times as saying.
Bot delivery is part of a host of concepts now in operationunder Hive 2. The fleet of seven robots by home-grown start-up QuikBotTechnologies can navigate the maze of lifts, walkways and office gantriesautonomously, and even hand items over to one another along the way.
Workers in South Beach’s office tower can get purchasessuch as ready-to-eat meals, drinks and snacks from a nearby 7-Eleven storedelivered directly to them by a robot. Orders are placed through the QuikBotapp.
💦 At the 7-Eleven Shop & Go, the convenience store chain’sfirst unmanned and cashier-free store in Singapore, customers can tap into agantry to pre-authorise their credit cards, pick items off the shelves, andexit. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology and smart cameras track anddetect customers’ shopping behaviour in the store, which can currently hold upto five people at a time./.
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High-tech retail innovation hub - Hive 2.0 in Esplanade Xchange underground mall in Singapore. (Photo: Straits times) 
