Rain Can't Dampen Interest in Hong Kong's Robot Revolution The rollout of Galbot Stores, Hong Kong's first fully automated convenience stores, was met with a mix of curiosity and technical difficulties on its first day.
Heavy rain and internet outages were hardly ideal conditions for a high tech retail debut, but visitors to the robot shops remained undeterred.
Despite the inclement weather, people stopped to photograph the sleek, humanoid robots that manage the stores.