Technology

AI robotics startup launching autonomous retail solutions

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September 24, 2021

Wings, a robotics and AI startup developing autonomous businesses, has released Nectar, a new category of autonomous sustainable retail powered by the company's HiveRobotics, a collective of decentralized, self-organized robotic systems, according to a press release. The company intends to debut Nectar within the foodservice market.

Nectar will offer personalized service for drinks, food and merchandise without human intervention. The built-in inventory, production, recycling, packaging and delivery features will make it one of the first locally-driven micro-factories for one-on-one service.

All product deliveries are driven by a robotic shuttle from within the Nectar and contained within a robotic basket that extends to a designated drop-off table for quick, accurate and clean transport.

Customers interact with Nectar via a mobile app to place orders (via touch or voice) with a built-in seamless payment system.

"Nectar ushers in a new way of experiencing on-the-go foodservice," Hari Rao, CMO of Wings, said in the release. "The hardware and software combined define a new and novel integrated singular design using 50% less energy for a 50% efficiency in utility and space, while increasing profit margins by a factor of 10."

Nectar has been developed in Wings' HiveRobotics lab with close to $1 million of capital secured since 2017. Wings will require upward of $10 million to bring the product into production, targeting late 2023.