2026.11.06 14:40 GMT+8

Embodied AI at your service: From expos to coffee counters and beyond

Updated 2026.11.06 14:40 GMT+8
CGTN

In China, AI-powered robots can serve you coffee, ice cream, a bunch of goods, and even provide interactive entertainment. You can find these fully-automated shops in cities like Beijing and Shenzhen. The robot will whip up your drink in just two minutes, with zero errors across hundreds of daily servings. It offers a replicable blueprint for blending embodied AI with tourism, culture and urban life – bringing robotic services out of research facilities and into busy public spaces, and turning futuristic ideas into everyday conveniences. CGTN's Zang Shijie visited a robotic staffer in Shenzhen and came back with this report.

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