Tag: robots
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Starbucks bets on robots to brew a turnaround and win customers
Starbucks is pouring hundreds of millions into AI tools and automation to fix lagging U.S. sales—and it might be working. A robot may now be taking your order in the drive-thru, while back-of-house scanning tech is keeping better tabs on inventory. Partnering baristas now have a virtual assistant to navigate scheduling or recipe details. After…
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Smart Shelves and Smarter Spend: Retail’s AI Budget Boom
Retailers and CPG companies are no longer dabbling in AI—they’re bankrolling it. NVIDIA’s latest survey shows that 90% of industry leaders plan to hike their AI budgets in 2026, focusing heavily on open-source tools and agentic AI. Why? Because AI isn’t just handling analytics; it’s pulling serious weight in supply chain forecasting, customer personalization, and…
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How Prime Video is Using Robotic Billboards to Boost The Pickup
Prime Video and Omnicom aren’t just promoting their new heist comedy The Pickup with the usual digital banners or billboards. Instead, they’re driving brand storytelling—quite literally—through the streets of Los Angeles via a fleet of Prime Video-branded robocouriers. With the help of Coco Robotics, the autonomous delivery bots have been transformed into talking, movie-themed rolling…
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Amazon has cloned an entire neighborhood in an effort to test delivery robots
Amazon’s customer obsession has been well documented – and it’s one of their core leadership principles. in an effort get product in the hands of shoppers more quickly, the retailer is always experimenting with new delivery models. Scout robots is one of many examples – small, semi-autonomous (for now) roving robots that can deliver packages…
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PepsiCo Tests Snack-Vending Robots On Campus
PepsiCo is testing the use of vending robots to deliver its Hello Goodness snacks portfolio to students across the campus of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. The company says it’s the first major food or beverage maker in the United States to put order/delivery robots in action. Via MediaPost.