Self-Service Innovation Summit honors 2023 Automation & Self-Service Award winners

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The Self-Service Innovation Summit honors the most innovative solutions for kiosks, vending and facilities for adapting to the new normalcy of COVID-19 and its…

Botbar robotic coffee shop expands to Manhattan

November 30, 2023

Botbar, the robotic coffee shop, has expanded to Manhattan at Sanmiwago, a Taiwanese dumpling shop, at 1695 Broadway, near West 53rd Street, according to an…

Vidar Solutions teams with Phonomic on buy-online-pick-up-onsite fulfillment, staging solution

November 16, 2023

Phononic and Vidir Solutions have developed the Vidir Powered Carousel. Photo: Phonomic. Phononic, a provider of solid state cooling technology, and…

Sodexo teams with Bear Robotics to deploy robots in health facilities

November 13, 2023

Sodexo, a Paris-based provider of food, facilities and health services, has teamed with Bear Robotics, the Silicon Valley provider of indoor self-driving…

Robotics firm Aniai announces moves to expand in North America, including robotic hamburger cooking pilots

November 2, 2023

South Korea robotics firm Aniai, which produces the Alpha Grill system for foodservice robotics, has established a headquarters in New York City and announced…

LG Electronics expands innovation center to showcase tech

October 31, 2023

LG Electronics USA has expanded its Chicago Business Innovation Center to provide resellers and end customers a place to experience and learn about the…

The future of automation and self service

The rise of linked technologies, from 5G and upcoming 6G networks to AI and the Internet of Things, is rapidly transforming the linked destinies of automation…

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Kollmorgen secures certification for explosion proof motor

October 16, 2023

Kollmorgen, a manufacturer of motion control systems, has secured ATEX certification and IECEx/cETLus listing for its explosion proof Goldline EBH 480 Vac…

Chipotle testing digital makeline

October 3, 2023

Three months after unveiling the Autocado, an avocado-processing cobotic prototype that cuts, cores and peels avocados, Chipotle Mexican Grill announced that…

RobotLab extends United Robotics Group partnership

October 2, 2023

RobotLab, a robotics integrator, has renewed its distributor agreement with United Robotics Group for its NAO and Pepper robots, according to a press release.

Stop & Shop, Badger give Marty the Robot refresh, bigger reach

September 28, 2023

Stop & Shop is teaming up with Badger Technologies to expand the use of Marty the Robot at more than 300 of the grocer's Northeast stores and has made…

LG announces SVP sales to oversee digital signage, emerging technologies

by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group

September 27, 2023

LG Business Solutions has announced Mike Kosla as its SVP of sales, effective immediately, according to a press release.

Vegas Sphere to launch Friday

September 27, 2023

The Las Vegas Sphere entertainment venue will launch this Friday, September 29, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter. Features will include a U…

New York City police launch security robot at subway station

September 27, 2023

The New York Police Department recently launched a security robot from Knightscope Inc., a developer of autonomous security robots and emergency communication…

Arrive rolls out AI-powered smart mailboxes for theft prevention

September 19, 2023

Tech firm Arrive (formerly Dronedek) has announced its rollout of a line of AI-powered smart mailboxes designed to combat theft via machine learning, according…

Sodexo teams with tech firm to install robotic chef machines at 2 US universities

September 11, 2023

SavorEat, an Israel-based food tech company that leverages AI and 3D printing for foodservice applications, has teamed with Sodexo Group to install its…

Máka Mia Pizza robotic vending pizza concept to enter US

August 29, 2023

Máka Mia Pizza has introduced its Mia V4.5 Robotic Pizza Shop to the U.S. market. The robotic oven bakes pizza in a vending machine-style unit in three minutes…

Walmart, Wing team up on drone delivery in Dallas

August 29, 2023

Walmart and Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google's parent company Alphabet, are deploying drone delivery from two Dallas metro stores…

GeoCue, TPI announce Poland drone, geospatial partnership

August 7, 2023

TPI, one of Poland's largest suppliers of geospatial equipment, has joined the global distribution network of geospatial and drone solutions firm GeoCue…

On the leading edge? Don’t miss the Self-Service Innovation Summit

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The annual Summit has gained a following as a global brainstorming session for everyone and everything having to do with self-service technology.