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Robomart
Company typePrivate
IndustryRobotics
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Websiterobomart.co

Robomart, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2017 by Ali Ahmed, Tigran Shahverdyan and Emad Rahim.[1][2] Users can pick the store, review menus, and order a store to their location within West Hollywood, California using an application on the iOS platform.[3] Payment is charged to a card on file with Robomart. The store comes with requested goods from the preferred store. Robomart develops autonomous, checkout-free mobile stores.

History

Robomart debuted at CES 2018 where it unveiled its concept for a self-driving store.[4][5][6][7]

In January 2019 Robomart announced its first partnership with U.S. grocery chain Stop & Shop to commercially deploy its driverless stores.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Driverless Mobile Store Leverages RFID to Bring Food to Customers - 2019-01-29 - Page 1 - RFID Journal". www.rfidjournal.com.
  2. ^ Sengupta, Abhishek (16 October 2018). "World's first driverless grocery store in Dubai soon?". Khaleej Times.
  3. ^ Billington, Francesca (15 July 2021). "Traffic Woes? In West Hollywood, the Pharmacy Comes to Your House". dot.LA.
  4. ^ Kelly, Heather (11 January 2018). "Do we really need a self-driving on-demand corner store?". CNNMoney.
  5. ^ "Robomart is a convenience store that comes to your door". www.digitaljournal.com. 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ "5 cool things from CES: Robotic dogs, Wi-Charge, Intel's drone show, Benjilock & Robomart". The Drum.
  7. ^ Margolis, Jonathan (16 January 2018). "From self-driving store to smell sensor, start-ups are thriving". Financial Times.
  8. ^ Frangoul, Anmar (17 January 2019). "Driverless grocery vehicles coming to Boston area". www.cnbc.com.
  9. ^ Knoebel, Ariel. "Robot Grocery Stores Evolve The Home Grocery Delivery Model". Forbes.
  10. ^ "This start-up is launching a remote-controlled 'grocery store on wheels'". Washington Post.
  11. ^ Lee, Dami (16 January 2019). "Stop & Shop is testing self-driving mini grocery stores". The Verge.
  12. ^ Mogg, Trevor (17 January 2019). "Robomart's self-driving grocery store is like Amazon Go on wheels". www.digitaltrends.com.
  13. ^ Mims, Christopher (5 January 2019). "Why Your Ice Cream Will Ride in a Self-Driving Car Before You Do". Wall Street Journal.