Le CES 2018 is just around the corner, and brands are already showcasing their innovations. Electronics manufacturer LG has unveiled new robots of the CLOi range. The three new machines are designed to serve, carry and sell. The Korean company aims to deploy them in shopping centresand hotels and airports. The robot carrier will speed up check-in and check-out by taking care of baggage without having to go through a check-in counter. The CLOi server will be responsible for bringing drinks to hotel guests and airport business lounges. The robot shopping will act as a basket into which shoppers can place their purchases. It will be equipped with a barcode reader to show users the price of items.
Second batch of robots for LG
LG has not provided any further information about its creations, other than to say that they are already in the development phase. test at Seoul-Incheon. However, the photos provided by the company reveal the overall design of the devices. Contrary to other equivalent inititatives, they will not resemble humans, but will instead have a cylindrical shape, an interactive screen and a "face" screen. This is not the first time the brand has unveiled a robot: at the previous CES, it had already presented two robots designed to clean airports and guide travellers.
Robotics in airports is not just the preserve of the Korean company. Several other airports are testing similar machines to improve the passenger experience. Aldebaran Roboticsa company set up in France and acquired by Softbank, supplies Songshan and Taoyuan airports in China. Taiwan. But that's not all: experiments are taking place at Haneda, Glasgow where to Oakland. Other initiatives exist, such as that of Sita and Bluebotics at GenevaAnother is Spencer, which guides passengers at Schipol.
