The Show Room of SandStar Smart Kiosks Officially Opened to the Public

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 31, 2020 (Newswire.com) - The Show Room of SandStar Smart Kiosks which located in Charlotte N.C. officially opened to the public this month. The exhibition hall sits next to the SandStar office, kiosks of various types, capacities and appearances are lined up, ready to demonstrate their functions like autonomous checkout, product recognition, data collection and smart operation to the visitors.

Compared with traditional vending machines, SandStar Smart Kiosks leverage computer vision as core technology, can provide consumers with a “grab and go” shopping experience because of the automatic checkout. For the retailers, SandStar Smart Kiosks will help to reduce the costs of replenishment based on the real time tracking result of sales performance, and increase consumers' purchase intention of buying more than one through its open shopping process. In addition, the data analytics can also provide insights for product selection and pricing strategies. Ultimately the smart kiosks will help the retailers to build a profit model of "spend less and earn more".

In terms of recognition technologies, the computer dynamic vision recognition technology adopted by SandStar is also recognised in the industry as the highest availability of identification solution. Making full use of the space in the cabinet, showing low restrictions on commodity display, maintaining a lower cost because only 2 cameras and 1 local server needed for one kiosk, the SandStar Smart Kiosks greatly improves the operation efficiency and reduces the costs.

Compared with dynamic vision recognition technologies, kiosks with other recognition solutions have obvious limitations. RFID label, for example, are disposable, can not be applied to cans, and foil package; The cost of the weight sensor solution is too high and it is difficult to identify products of similar weights; Static identification requires the installation of cameras on every shelf floor, taking up too much space, etc.

Many retailers, including the world’s top 3 beverage manufacturers, will eventually choose SandStar’s dynamic vision solution after trying other recognition technologies.

The business expansion plan of SandStar North American has been gradually promoted under the leadership of Mike Kiser, a well-known expert in the industry. The Show Room will also help the team to better demonstrate the advantage of smart kiosks for the retailers who are interested in the new technologies.

Source: SandStar