Robot retail gets a head start during China's National Day holiday: daily rental drops below 1,000 yuan, scenic-area convenience stores become the new battleground

Humanoid robots that can greet a shopper, take an order and hand over the goods are moving from demos into real stores in China. During the National Day holiday, more than 30 robotics companies put thousands of them to work at tourist spots and retail sites; Galbot runs about 200 robot-staffed retail spots in some 50 cities, and one operator says each robot handled over 500 orders a day.

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