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As you can see from the photo above, it seems that there are some consumables such as tissue paper, mainly dry and soft drinks PET bottles, mainly dry things and soft drinks. It's inevitable that we don't have products that require age certification or products that have a short taste period.

The price is... much cheaper than the convenience store! PET bottles are 100 yen including tax. Considering point redemption through cashless payments, it is still 97 yen in real terms.

I don't have a clerk, but Pepper will talk to you (when you go nearby). In the past (left), I used to work as a clerk on the other side of the cash register, but as a result of unifying the payment table into one, the layout of the shop has changed a little, and recently I'm standing up in a place (right) where "What are you doing?" (laughs).

Place the product you want to buy on the table, and perform QR code reading and settlement. In the case of regular reading settlement, after entering the amount here, you will show it to the shop person to confirm it, but only the point that "Show it to the camera (red circle in the image above)" is different.

Even so, the first thing that surprised me when I enter the store is that I can't pay with cash, credit card, or electronic money at all." Even if you think that it is a cashless payment because it is an unmanned convenience store, you may be a little confused with "What do you mean?" (^ ^)

You can only use PayPay and the virtual currency called Robot Mart Charlett. Since PayPay is available, AliPay can also be used automatically.

Although the shop is unmanned, only customer service and payment are automated, and someone needs to perform daily operations such as closing the store, offering items, POP making, cleaning, etc. In addition, since it has a strong aspect as an experimental store, it goes without saying that verification and sales activities utilizing it are of utmost importance.

That's why? We interviewed Shohei Yoshida (pictured left) of Robot Security Police Co., Ltd., who is in an office next to the store and across the door. At the beginning, I wrote "Shop Manager", but it may be better to call it the manager.

Robot Security Police is a company that provides various services related to robots, including the sale and purchase of robots. (Click here for the Robot Security website)

There was a huge mecha (pictured right) in the shop, but it seems that this is a robot called "Skeletonics" that has only six cars in the world, and it is possible to lend it to events etc. If you look at the promotional video (Note: Sounds out), you will have an outstanding impact.

Also, it seems that the robot mart is currently "only here in Kabuto-cho in Japan", but the mini-convenience store installed in the office, called "mini-robot mart", has already been introduced by more than 30 companies.

Anyway, rather than simply "unmanned for labor saving and cost saving", it seems to be a dream shop that makes you imagine the world ahead of unmannedness a little!

※Personally, I would be grateful if you could diversify the payment method a little more ... Also, since the way to stop the shopping bag is rough, it is quite difficult to remove only one and use it ... (^ ^)