Talk about the past and present of unmanned vending machines

According to records, the earliest vending machine prototype can be traced back to the ancient Egyptian era about 2,200 years ago. At that time, some monasteries in Egypt installed a mechanical device to automatically sell'holy water'. The earliest prototype of a vending machine was that coins were thrown into the machine, and water would automatically flow out. Of course, strictly speaking, this is not a real vending machine. The real vending machine started from the second world industrial revolution! The vending machine mentioned below refers to the real vending machine.　　 Vending machines have brought great convenience to people's daily life, and they first appeared in Europe and America in the 1920s. In some subway stations, people can put in coins to buy small commodities such as cigarettes or chewing gum on the vending machine. At this time, the vending machine has a certain counterfeit currency recognition capability.　　 After the end of World War II, Japan's economy began to recover quickly from the ruins. In 1957, an unmanned vending machine capable of selling beverages was developed. You only need to put a certain amount of coins into the coin slot of the unmanned vending machine, and the machine will automatically fill a certain amount of beverage into a cup. This novel retail method quickly gained popularity in Japan, and it also had a profound impact on the future development of the unmanned vending machine industry. With the development of beverage giants such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the popularity of plastic bottled canned beverages has also greatly accelerated the development of bottled beverage vending machines. Until today, bottled and canned beverage unmanned vending machines have been automatic vending machines. The largest number of cargo planes, the most popular and most popular models! 　　 unmanned vending machines can develop very well, and technical support, market demand, and policy support are indispensable. In 1967, Japan carried out currency reforms. All currencies below 100 yen are coins, and include coins of various denominations such as 100, 50, 10, 5, 1, etc., which brought a great deal to the transaction of small commodities in the unmanned vending machine industry. Convenience! (The advantages of coin anti-counterfeiting detection, service life, cleanliness and cleanliness are not comparable to banknotes. Although current unmanned vending machines can recognize banknotes, there are still many insurmountable shortcomings. We will discuss this in another article.　　 From the emergence of unmanned vending machines to the end of the last century, unmanned vending machines have maintained their original appearance for decades. Coins-products, coins-products! This simple model has been very popular in developed countries. Good popularity. At the turn of the 20th century and the 21st century, unmanned vending machines came to China. Although China has the largest population in the world and theoretically should have the largest retail market in the world, the level of national economic development was limited at that time and the consumption power of residents was limited. Not high, unmanned vending machines have not been well popularized in the country, it can be said to be difficult! 　　 However, the times are advancing. After entering the 21st century, with the entry of WTO, China's economy has achieved unprecedented development in the past ten years. Living standards have been greatly improved, everyone has money to consume! Vending machines have only begun to become popular in China! With the development of the domestic Internet and e-commerce, the popularization of mobile payments has brought excellent products to vending machines. Payment environment! More and more people do not need to bring cash and bank cards when they go out. They can easily shop through a small mobile phone to scan the code. This was absolutely unimaginable before!'Huaji Technology' as One of the relatively large vending machine manufacturers in the vending machine industry. In 2017, it launched an unmanned vending machine with a scan code and an open door, which can bring customers a sense of zero-distance shopping! Once the machine was put on the market, it caused a strong response People can't help but exclaim: vending machines can be so smart and convenient! In addition, through the connection of 3G or 4G mobile phone communication network, the owner can check the working status and detailed sales of the vending machines at various points anytime and anywhere on the mobile phone. Data, know everything well, and you can remotely control it! 　　 With the establishment of more and more payment functions, if a vending machine cannot support mobile payment (except for special places) and network management, then it will be embarrassed to say itself It's a vending machine! 　　 So far, China's vending machine has reached the forefront of the world with its huge market, mature manufacturing system, and mature mobile payment system! Let us wait and see what the vending machine will develop in the future! Previous post: How does the vending machine identify the face value and true or false of the money invested?