Excitement, Curiosity, Full Work Mode... Beat Adds Robot Barista Expressions to Stores Nationwide

Various human-touch expressions of the robot cafe Beat. Eye-smile (top left), sad tears while tidying up as the customer does not pick up the coffee (top center), busy mode when multiple orders are placed simultaneously (top right), heart eyes (bottom right), sparkling eyes full of excitement (bottom center), wink (bottom left).

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] Danal's food tech specialist company Bit Corporation announced on the 23rd that it has significantly enhanced the human touch emotion by adding various facial expressions to its unmanned robot cafe ‘Bit (b;eat)’.

The robot cafe Bit has added various cute and friendly facial expressions to its robot barista and completed nationwide store implementation. Even before the update, Bit received great responses from customers by showing winks, heart eyes, and more on the screen while serving coffee.

This update added various emotional expressions such as sadness, curiosity, excitement, and "work mode".

For example, when multiple coffee orders come in simultaneously, it lights up its eyes with flames and switches to "work mode." Occasionally, if a customer takes too long to pick up their coffee, it shows a sad expression with tears and quietly cleans up the cold coffee alone. If a visitor lingers without ordering, it draws a question mark to express curiosity. When alone and bored, it looks around restlessly. When the customer's coffee is ready, it sparkles its eyes as if excited and serves it.

Bit is also developing more diverse movements using the robot's joints, not just facial expressions.

Jung Jaepil, head of Bit Corporation’s business division, said, “The reason we focus on strengthening the human touch function like this is to provide consumers with a friendly experience and enhance competitiveness compared to other unmanned cafes.”

Meanwhile, the robot cafe Bit is a future-oriented cafe where the robot barista works 24 hours a day, and the entire process from ordering, payment, manufacturing, to pickup is unmanned without on-site staff. It is an optimized solution for small capital startups. It has rapidly entered office and residential commercial districts nationwide, including Seoul, Gyeonggi, Daejeon, and Jeju, expanding its B2C sector.

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