From factories to convenience stores: The robot 'workforce' heats up again, but commercialization remains in early stages
从工厂到便利店：机器人“打工”热再起，商业化仍在早期
In the second half of 2026, the focus of embodied AI deployment is shifting from factories to retail. Recently, six Zhiyuan G2 robots completed 24 hours of operation at a convenience store in Xuhui, Shanghai, completing a cumulative total of 1730 tasks including customer reception, item pickup and delivery, coffee making, breakfast service, restocking inspections, and table cleaning. While multiple vendors are moving training and validation scenarios from fixed production lines to dynamic open environments like retail, pharmacies, and catering, commercialization remains in its early stages due to hardware limitations such as dexterous hands and tactile sensors, as well as a structural gap in the supply of real physical interaction data.
Source: Chinese robotics — Deployment discovery · Read original article ↗
English translation unavailable. Choose the original article to read it.
What the source reports
Publisher-reported claims, with original evidence. These results have not been independently verified by RoboSignal.
Reported numbers
tasks
1,730
Reported trials
customer_receptions
683
Reported trials
View original evidence
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8item_deliveries
369
Reported trials
View original evidence
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8coffee_makes
147
Reported trials
View original evidence
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8breakfast_services
126
Reported trials
View original evidence
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8restocking_patrols
277
Reported trials
View original evidence
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8table_cleanings
128
Reported trials
View original evidence
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8
- paper: not_reported
Source excerpts and review record
Automatically extracted; no manual editorial approval recorded.
近日，智元6台精灵G2在上海徐汇一家正常营业的便利店完成24小时作业，累计1730项任务。
Open source S3
截至11月3日收官，6台精灵G2机器人累计完成1730项任务，包括接待顾客683次、商品取送369件、咖啡制作147次、早餐服务126次、补货巡检277次及桌面清洁128次。
Open source S8
Source：Chinese robotics — Deployment discovery · sohu.com