Cashier-less shopping: self-checkout store to open at Tokyo’s Yamanote line station
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TTG Inc (TOUCH TO GO), a joint venture between JR East Start UP Co Ltd and Signpost Corporation that develops unmanned AI settlement shops, will open its first unmanned AI settlement shop, TOUCH TO GO, on March 23 at the Takanawa Gateway Station, a new station on the JR Yamanote Line.
TOUCH TO GO is a walk-through, fully cashless store.
With the real-time recognition of products received by users entering the store based on information such as cameras, the product and purchase amount are displayed on the touch panel when the user stands in the payment area.
When a user has a product, he/she can shop by checking the display contents of the touch panel at the exit and paying.
TTG plans to provide unmanned AI settlement systems as a labor-saving solution for retailers and restaurants, which suffer from a shortage of human resources, and plans to deploy them as a monthly subscription service that can be used with labor costs as high as several people in the future.
Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/03/05/touchtogo/