Coffee Service

AI robot serves pre-ordered coffee delivered to pickup locker

Photo courtesy of New Innovations Co. Ltd.

September 8, 2021

The Root C coffee machine from New Innovations Co. Ltd. at a Tokyo rail station uses artificial intelligence to prepare coffee to customer specifications, according to a timeout.com report.

Located outside the Shinbashi Station ticket gates, the coffee uses beans from half a dozen different roasts and can be served both hot and cold.

Users download the Root C app, tap single coffee, then select the type of beans they want, hot or cold and the time of their desired pick up.

The customer picks it up from inside a designated locker, which they open using a password from the app.

Root C can suggest a brew based on an initial questionnaire and from the customer's past orders.

Users can purchase a limited subscription for eight cups a month or an unlimited subscription to order as many coffees as they like, with the first month for free.