Hurim Robot Expands Smart Retail with Personal Robot 'Temi'... Service at "Miniso Gimpo Lotte Mall Branch"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Hurim Robot announced on the 29th that it is expanding its smart retail business by showcasing robot services at the second Temi Smart Retail store, ‘Miniso Gimpo Lotte Mall Branch’.

Temi acts as the store manager at ‘Miniso Gimpo Lotte Mall Branch,’ recommending and guiding products according to customer preferences. It also assists with taking selfies and certification photos with Marvel hero characters and provides QR codes for downloading via smartphones.

In the future, Temi plans to offer various services such as guidance, kiosks, security, surveillance, and cleaning. In particular, Temi’s core technologies?artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, and video?will be integrated with smart technologies like machine learning (ML) and IoT to create more convenient shopping services.

Hurim Robot aims to evolve technology through Temi to enable innovative digital transformation in smart retail, allowing customers to conveniently use services and companies to improve operational efficiency, thereby stabilizing and expanding the smart retail business.

A Hurim Robot official stated, “Temi, which uses the Android OS, is an open platform customizable to meet customer needs and is optimized to provide smart services. Temi will go beyond simple existing services to enhance the joy of shopping, improve customer convenience, and greatly help increase purchasing power.”

He added, “Through Temi, we plan to offer smart services that effectively provide product information to customers in retail spaces, continuously communicate with customers, and build empathy. We will devote all efforts to developing optimized service solutions that realize interaction among Temi, offline stores, and customers, as well as customer-oriented service apps to be included in the Temi app store.”