由总部设在日本的跨国“超级全天候连锁店集团”开办的世界第一家“全机器人化商店”,前不久在东京的一处繁华地段隆重开业。这家从店面到仓库,全部由机器人管理的商店,据报道是自IBM公司的超级计算机“深蓝”,将国际象棋冠军卡斯帕罗夫击败后,在机器人技术方面取得的又一重大成就。 顾客来到商店,一进门便被提示取用一支笔和一张纸,然后在摆满食品、饮料、化妆品、报刊杂志和其他日用品的层层货架间穿行,遇到想买的商品,便随手记下它的编号。待物品选齐后,便来到一台类似银行使用的自动柜员机(ATM)前,将所需物品的编号、规格和数量输入该机,这对柜员机便会立即算出应付的金额。当顾客把钞票放入投币口后,柜员机便会根据钞票的面额,迅速核算并自动找零,然后在荧光屏上显示“付款完成”字样。这时,一个桶状的机器人,便会根 The world’s first “fully robotic store” opened in Japan by the multinational “Super all-weather chain group” headquartered in Japan, recently opened its doors in a busy area in Tokyo. This store-to-warehouse, fully robotic-run store, reportedly another major achievement in robotics after defeating chess champion Kasparov from IBM’s supercomputer Dark Blue. Customers come to the store and are prompted to pick up a pen and a piece of paper as they enter the store, then walk through layers of shelves filled with food, beverages, cosmetics, newspapers, magazines and other daily necessities and encounter the goods they want to buy Keep a note of its number. After the items have been selected, they will be sent to a bank-like automatic teller machine (ATM) before entering the number, specifications and quantities of the required items into the machine, and the ATM immediately calculates the amount payable. When the customer puts the banknote into the coin slot, the teller machine will promptly calculate and automatically change the banknote according to the denomination of the banknote, and then display the message “Payment Completed” on the screen. At this moment, a barrel-shaped robot will root