Robot arm makes milk tea at automated store in Shanghai

Customers shop at an automated store where a robot arm is responsible for making milk tea in Shanghai, China on March 17, 2019. Customers choose the flavor of milk tea they want and pay for it by swiping a QR code with their smartphones. It takes the robot arm only about 90 seconds to finish making each cup of milk tea and then the customers can take them away without the need of waiters. The store was cooperatively created by Alibaba's lifestyle service platform Koubei and Shanghai-based beverage brand Happy Lemon. [Photo: IC]