Humanoid Robots For Retail Customer Service
The capability to deploy general-purpose humanoid robots as front-of-house staff in physical stores, greeting shoppers and recommending products alongside human employees who handle transactions and complex requests.
Developed mainly in: ChinaImpacting: China and Rest of Asia
AgiBot put 100 of its Lingxi X2 half-height humanoids to work across 100 ASD cookware stores in Wenzhou, Shanghai and Wuxi from 28 September, greeting shoppers, assessing needs and suggesting products within about 30 seconds before passing complex queries to human staff. The machines ran 10-hour shifts over a three-day livestreamed trial.
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- Chinese robot maker places 100 half-size humanoids in cookware chain's stores
Yangtzeer · 9 Oct 2026
- Chinese robot maker places 100 humanoids in 100 cookware retail stores
Humanoidsdaily · 9 Oct 2026
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