A Silicon Valley company called Tortoise has introduced a remote-controlled robot that can sell a varied inventory — chocolates, AirPods, knee socks — from tap-to-pay containers on its back.
Tortoise's robots are steered by operators in Mexico City. Photo courtesy of Tortoise.
Merchants don't have to pay anything for the robots, but they must remit 10% of gross sales to Tortoise.it will be the highlight of their day," Dmitry Shevelenko, co-founder of Tortoise, tells Axios. "What we're realizing is people are willing to buy higher price point items out of this method than they are from a traditional vending machine," says Shevelenko, who previously led Uber's micromobility initiatives.
Bake Sum, a bakery in Oakland, California, puts a Mobile Smart Store near its front door when it closes for the day at 1 p.m.
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