JR East has placed an automated kiosk on a platform at Akabane Station in Kita Ward, Tokyo, in a trial using AI. The kiosk began operating on Wednesday.
The kiosk, fully automated with no human workers, contains nearly 120 cameras that read what products a customer has picked up and follows them to the cash register. The customer then confirms the items on a screen and pays with prepaid IC cards.
JR East said it is developing automated kiosks due to a staff shortage and seeks to improve the quality of cameras before actual implementation.
The kiosk is on the platform for lines 5 and 6. It sells a variety of 140 products including drinks, bread items and snacks. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during Monday to Friday for two months.
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Ganbare Japan!
Amazing! I hope this expands all around the JR network. Further proof that Japan can continue to thrive with shrinking population. Mass immigration is not "inevitable".
ksteer
God forbid they have to eat standing up! We all know that humans lack that capacity...
Blattamexiguus
do they use a terminator for shoplifters?
wanderlust
Then human workers, aka carbon-based AI robots, come along and refill the shelves!
nakanoguy01
in other words, it's just a big, fat vending machine.