Pudu Robotics Releases Catering and Retail Service Robot, BellaBot Pro, With New AI, Safety and Marketing Capabilities
The global service robotics leader upgrades its flagship smart service robot to meet growing customer demand across the world
CHICAGO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pudu Robotics, a global leader in the service robotics sector, launched BellaBot Pro, the next generation of its flagship smart service robot, using AI to deliver personalized interactions to customers throughout their dining and retail experience. This new robot includes new voice and greeting interaction, improved dish identification, an updated curve screen for advertising and enhanced safety, and efficiency features.
Since its launch in 2019, BellaBot has been successfully deployed in high-traffic environments by global brands such as PizzaHut, Jollibee, Carrefour, KFC and Walmart, among others. These companies use the robot to deliver orders, promote menu items and products, and welcome guests.
In the United States, the restaurant and retail industry are heavily investing in automation and AI to alleviate widespread labor shortages. By 2025, quick-service restaurants expect 51% of tasks to be automated, while full-service restaurants predict 27%. In retail, 85% of businesses expect to adopt robotics on a significant level by 2025. Restaurateurs and retailers in both industries are turning to PUDU, and the new BellaBot Pro, which integrates PUDU's proprietary mapping technology, PUDU VSLAM+ for improved navigation, along with AI for enhanced voice interactions.
"We are at an automation and robotics tipping point across the economy. Pudu Robotics aims to develop robots which improve the efficiency of human production and living, and our service robots are used throughout the world," said Felix Zhang, founder and CEO of Pudu Robotics." BellaBot Pro's AI and marketing capabilities represent a major step forward for PUDU and the robotics industry at large. We developed this latest version based on extensive customer feedback from our thousands of customers all over the world.
BellaBot Pro, the latest addition to PUDU's fleet of smart service robots, features several enhancements that push the robotics industry forward, including:
-- Enhanced Marketing Capabilities: The inclusion of a new 18.5-inch
advertising screen on the robot's body, transforming it into a mobile
promotion platform that captures customer attention and increases ad
conversion efficiency. Its marketing prowess is further amplified by
customizable options such as dynamic facial expressions, multimedia
advertising, a variety of voice selections, and an adaptable skin
appearance, among others. These features empower businesses to create
personalized marketing promotions and campaigns, and offer an engaging
and interactive experience for consumers.
-- Advanced PUDU VSLAM+ Technology: BellaBot Pro features laser and vision
fusion for simplified, sticker-free deployment, adaptable to a variety
of environments, including those with high ceilings (up to 30 meters)
and large areas (up to 200,000 square meters), reducing setup time by
75%.
-- Greeting Recognition Interaction: BellaBot Pro's front camera will soon
be able to detect specific customer gestures, such as waving, and be
able to determine the appropriate response to interact with customers.
-- Improved Tray Detection: Utilizes visual inspection (fisheye camera) to
monitor BellaBot Pro's tray status, allowing the robot to autonomously
proceed to the next task once it detects that a customer has completed
their self-service meal collection. It streamlines the BellaBot Pro's
delivery-pickup-redelivery process, enhancing the overall dining
experience for customers.
-- Dish Recognition: BellaBot Pro can recognize dishes on the tray and
provide dish introductions through voice broadcast, creating a new level
of customer interaction, elevating the dining experience and ensuring
order accuracy. It's a primary application of AI technology in BellaBot
Pro, using the latest metric learning technique to accurately capture
visual characteristics of dishes such as shape, color, and contour.
-- Tray Atmosphere Light: Introduces a new light above the tray for clear
meal pickup signals, minimizing errors, and improving the dining
experience and operational efficiency for stores.
-- Omnidirectional Obstacle Avoidance: Offers omnidirectional perception
utilizing 2 front view cameras, 3 RGBD cameras and one Lidar to provide
full front chassis coverage, reducing blind spots, and enabling the
robot to recognize and respond to customer greetings for a more natural
and engaging interaction.
-- Ground Projector Lights: Provides ground projection lighting for
scenarios with BellaBot Pro approaching intersections, alerting
pedestrians to the robot's approach, thereby enhancing blind spot safety
and reducing accident risks.
For more information please visit https://www.pudurobotics.com/
About Pudu Robotics
Pudu Robotics, a global leader in the service robotics sector, is dedicated to enhancing human productivity and living standards through innovative robot technology. With a focus on R&D, manufacturing, and sales of service robots, Pudu Robotics holds nearly a thousand authorized patents worldwide, encompassing a wide range of core technologies. The company's robots have been widely adopted in various industries, including dining, retail, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, education and manufacturing. To date, Pudu Robotics has successfully shipped over 70,000 units to a variety of markets, with a presence in more than 60 countries and regions worldwide. For more information on business developments and updates, follow PUDU on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
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