Category Archives: Automation

Casino Automation – Automated Cocktail Drink Dispensers

Reported on Vital Vegas Feb 20202 MGM Resorts testing automated beverage dispenser in casino.  It appears to be situated in service area so it would actually be operated by employees. The bartender remains.  It’ll be awhile before conversational AI (and customer charge method) are developed.   While everyone involved with the roll-out of drink dispensing machines have been… Read More »

Automation affecting American workforce

Effects of Automation on American Workers Nice article on GQ Magazine Feb 2020 Excerpt: When McDonald’s began experimenting with automated kiosks for customers to place their orders, the company’s former CEO Ed Rensi blamed it on movements to raise the minimum wage. In a 2016 post for Forbes, he crowed, “I told you so. In 2013, when the Fight for… Read More »

Checkout Technology – Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo

https://agfundernews.com/tesco-invests-in-frictionless-checkout-startup-trigo.html Tesco Retail Technology — Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo October 17, 2019 Lauren Stine UK supermarket behemoth Tesco has partnered with Israel-based checkout technology developer Trigo and made an equity investment in the startup one month after it closed a $22 million Series A round. “We’ve benchmarked the market in this space, and they are by far and away… Read More »