RFID Shopping Assistant Bots Revealed
In the entry titled "RFID-driven Shopping Assistant Robot soon to be tested in a mall," I've reportend on a pilot test of RFID-enabled shopping assistant robots in Fukuoka. The pilot test started on February 9. PC Watch reported the opening event with some pics and Diamond City Lucle website has a video clip showing the robots.
It's a bit of work to view the video (the page is in japanese and it requires special plug-in that requires IE to install, etc.) So, I decided to make some screenshots.
This is the shopping mall (Diamond City Lucle) where the pilot test took place:
The robots:
Robot walking:
RFID tags under the floor:
Item-level tagging (only some products):
a shopper carrying an active RFID tag:
