G-Beauty 的部落格

Many companies around the world

have been experimenting with automated stores

that serve customers without a staff of employees.

These stores use state-of-the-art hardware and software

to take the trouble out of shopping and checking out.

世界各地的許多公司一直在試驗自動化商店，

也就是說這些商店不需要員工就可為顧客服務。

這些商店皆採用最先進的硬體設施以及軟體來免除購物及結帳的麻煩 事。

In late January of 2018,

the President Chain Store Corporation (PCSC) joined the ranks

by opening their first unmanned store in Taipei, Taiwan.

Located at their corporate headquarters,

this experiment has been called the X-store by the PCSC.

In order to serve customers more efficiently,

the X-Store has the latest technology,

including artificial intelligence, facial recognition software,

and special checkout hardware.

They have even built a few friendly robots

to clean the store and greet customers.

統一超商股份有限公司（或簡稱統一超商）於 2018 年一月下旬透過在臺灣的臺北總部開設了第一家無人商店來加入自動化趨勢的行列。

位於該公司總部的這個實驗店面被統一超商稱為 X-Store。

為了更有效率地為客戶服務，

X-Store 配有含人工智慧、臉部辨識軟體以及特殊結帳設備的最新技術。

他們甚至打造了一些友善的機器人來清理店面及迎接顧客。

生活必備字詞

★unmanned a.（地方）無人看管的；無人駕駛的
★automated a. 自動化的
★corporation n.（股份有限）公司
★corporate a. 公司的；全體的，共同的
★join the ranks (of...) 成為（某群體中）的一員
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文章來源

蘋果日報 https://tw.news.appledaily.com/international/daily/20180708/38064646/