World’s No.1 All-Round Champion Coffee Robot COFE+ Arrives in Bucharest, the capital of Romania

BUCHAREST NEWS — A wave of AI-driven innovation originating from China has recently swept into Eastern Europe. Shanghai Hi-Dolphin Robot Technology Co., Ltd., the undisputed global leader in beverage robotics, has introduced its industry-acclaimed “all-round champion” — the 6th Generation COFE+ Fully Intelligent Robot Café — to the core commercial district in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. This marks another significant milestone in COFE+’s global expansion and signals how “Chinese intelligent manufacturing,” centered on “new quality productive forces”, is profoundly reshaping the global real economy with its disruptive technological prowess and business model.

From Shanghai to an Eastern European Capital: The Technological Evolution Behind a Cup of Coffee

As early as July 2024, the enhanced 5th Generation model of COFE+ (Version 5.5) made its global debut at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) held at the Shanghai World Expo Center, sparking worldwide attention with its philosophy of “premium quality at an affordable price.” Attendees could taste Geisha coffee — often hailed as the tea “Da Hong Pao”（A Famous Tea in China） of the coffee world — for just 9.7 RMB, personally experiencing how the “barista robot” outperforms human counterparts in flavor, variety, and speed.  

Just one year later, the 6th Generation COFE+ has achieved a leap from being “highly functional” to truly “all-round.” The model now launched in Bucharest integrates all previous cutting-edge technologies while introducing several world-leading, hardcore features. It is not only the world’s first coffee robot upgrade to its 6th generation but also sets new industry benchmarks in stability, personalization, versatility, and sustainability that are hard to catch up.

Deconstructing the Hardcore Tech: How the “All-Round Champion” is Disrupting the Industry

COFE+’s core competitiveness stems from a deep technological moat built upon over 110 international patents. Inside this “coffee kiosk” in Bucharest lie multiple globally leading solutions:

Strong Stability and Reliability, Redefining “Unmanned Operation”

COFE+ employs more than ten unique “dual-guarantee systems”, ensuring absolute continuity in commercial operations. From hardware redundancy—such as dual-order screens, dual-cup dispensing, and dual-cup separation systems—to process backups including dual payment channels (supporting offline payment), dual ordering modes (online/offline), and dual production modes (reservation/on-site), and further extending to dual-kitchen backup (independent operation of coffee, milk tea, and chocolate modules) and dual customer service systems (human + AI automated processing), COFE+ achieves “zero single-point failure impact” across the entire workflow—from order, payment to production and after-sales. This enables truly “100% stable 24/7 operation”, a level of reliability unmatched by traditional cafés and most automated equipment.

Countless Personalization, Redefining “Taste Customization”

The 6th generation COFE+ elevates beverage customization to unprecedented heights. It not only allows fine adjustments in strength, sweetness, temperature, and flavor—delivering “a truly unique cup every time”—but also introduces two revolutionary artistic capabilities: 1. “Master-level latte art with every cup”, transforming each coffee into a visual masterpiece;  2. “Per-cup 3D printing”, enabling corporate logos, commemorative photos, personalized text, and even customer smiles to be instantly imprinted onto the milk foam, adding exceptional emotional value and social appeal. Additionally, its proprietary “seven-layer flavor stratification technology” can create up to seven distinct visual layers with varied flavor profiles in a single drink—pushing beyond the physical limits of even the most skilled human barista.

Deconstructing the Hardcore Tech: How the “All-Round Champion” is Disrupting the Industry

COFE+’s core competitiveness stems from a deep technological moat built upon over 110 international patents. Inside this “coffee kiosk” in Bucharest lie multiple globally leading solutions:

Strong Stability and Reliability, Redefining “Unmanned Operation”

COFE+ employs more than ten unique “dual-guarantee systems”, ensuring absolute continuity in commercial operations. From hardware redundancy—such as dual-order screens, dual-cup dispensing, and dual-cup separation systems—to process backups including dual payment channels (supporting offline payment), dual ordering modes (online/offline), and dual production modes (reservation/on-site), and further extending to dual-kitchen backup (independent operation of coffee, milk tea, and chocolate modules) and dual customer service systems (human + AI automated processing), COFE+ achieves “zero single-point failure impact” across the entire workflow—from order, payment to production and after-sales. This enables truly “100% stable 24/7 operation”, a level of reliability unmatched by traditional cafés and most automated equipment.

Countless Personalization, Redefining “Taste Customization”

The 6th generation COFE+ elevates beverage customization to unprecedented heights. It not only allows fine adjustments in strength, sweetness, temperature, and flavor—delivering “a truly unique cup every time”—but also introduces two revolutionary artistic capabilities: 1. “Master-level latte art with every cup”, transforming each coffee into a visual masterpiece;  2. “Per-cup 3D printing”, enabling corporate logos, commemorative photos, personalized text, and even customer smiles to be instantly imprinted onto the milk foam, adding exceptional emotional value and social appeal. Additionally, its proprietary “seven-layer flavor stratification technology” can create up to seven distinct visual layers with varied flavor profiles in a single drink—pushing beyond the physical limits of even the most skilled human barista.

Supreme Intelligent Brain, Redefining “Global Flavors”  

Powered by a new-generation AI-powered cérebro da loja inteligente, COFE+ serves as a digital encyclopedia of worldwide tastes. Its system comes preloaded with signature beverage recipes from 197 countries and regions, allowing Romanian consumers to enjoy everything from classic Italian espresso to authentic Southeast Asian specialties at the touch of a button. Leveraging cloud data and machine learning, it enables new flavor formulas to go live globally in seconds—ensuring “weekly new releases and monthly trending hits”. In blind tests conducted by international coffee tasters, beverages produced by COFE+ retain “99.99% of their original aroma and milk flavor profile”, with taste that rivals the world’s top-tier specialty coffee shops.

Extreme Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, Redefining “Green Sustainability”

COFE+ was first designed with environmental responsibility in its DNA. Over 95% of the machine’s materials are recyclable or reusable, while its energy and water consumption amount to only 1/30th of that of a traditional café. Monthly costs for utilities such as water, electricity, and communications total just a few hundred RMB, achieving near “zero pollution, zero waste, and zero excessive discharge”. It stands as the world’s only coffee robot product to integrate certifications for hazardous substance control, electronic device recyclability, and multiple top-tier eco-design standards—perfectly aligning with the increasingly stringent environmental regulations of the EU and global markets. With a compact footprint of only about 2.35 square meters, COFE+ delivers a daily production capacity exceeding 1,000 cups and a designed lifespan of 10 years, demonstrating remarkable productivity per unit.

Solving Market Pain Points: “Light Store” Model Triggers Momentum in Europe  

COFE+’s entry into the Romanian and Eastern European markets at this juncture is no coincidence. The region is grappling with multiple trends—soaring prices, upgrade consumption patterns, and rising labor costs—which have exacerbated the pain points of traditional catering: heavy reliance on personnel, steep rents, high management complexity, and substantial overheads. COFE+ introduces a “light store” business model characterized by zero labor, zero training, zero renovation, zero deviation, and zero waste, offering an almost perfect solution.  

For local investors and commercial real estate operators, COFE+ represents a new option that is asset-light, light-operation, highly efficient, high-margin, and low-risk. It requires no elaborate kitchen setup or a large workforce, and can be flexibly deployed in shopping malls, airports, office buildings, university campuses, tourist attractions, and even outdoor plazas—significantly expanding boundaries  to premium coffee service. Mounted on four wheels, COFE+ can move with peak demand, eliminating seasonal slumps and location-related risks. Its robust outdoor model withstands extreme weather, enabling 24/7 operation throughout the year. By flexibly following favorable conditions across four seasons, it further unlocks commercial potential. According to company data, a single COFE+ outlet consistently achieves daily sales surpassing 75% of traditional human-staffed cafes, presenting a clear and highly attractive return-on-investment model.

Chinese Intelligent Manufacturing, Globally Validated: From Premier-level places to a Network of Over 1,000 Locations

The confidence behind COFE+ stems from its validation in some of the world’s most demanding settings and scenes. It is the only robot café certified by stringent standards across developed countries and regions, including the United States, the European Union, the Commonwealth, the Middle East, Australia-New Zealand, Japan-South Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Its products have been widely deployed at top-tier political, economic, and cultural exchanges in China—such as the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, Yan’an Executive Leadership Academy, the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference sessions, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Asian Games headquarters, and the Xiangshan Forum—earning the highest reputation for quality and reliability.  

Since the launch of its 1st generation product in 2019, COFE+ has operated for over 6 years across more than 1,000 locations in over 50 developed countries worldwide. With 6 generations of product upgrades, its exceptional adaptability and reliability have been repeatedly proven—from Shanghai’s Bund and Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street to the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and the Yungang Grottoes, and from European office buildings to Middle Eastern shopping malls. This entry into Bucharest marks a key step in deepening its presence in the European market and strengthening its global network.

Behind the Future Cafés: The Driving Force of a Post-Doctoral Research Workstation

At the heart of this intelligent revolution reshaping the global real economy stands the creator of COFE+—Shanghai Hi-dolphin Robot Technology Co., Ltd. The company is not only a globally recognized leader in the field of beverage-serving robotics but also operates as a post-doctoral research workstation powered by top-tier R&D capabilities. The company’s exceptional innovation strength has been widely recognized by authorities, earning honors such as the “Outstanding Contribution to Artificial Intelligence Award” and inclusion in the “Top 30 AI Application Benchmark Enterprises.” It has repeatedly received top innovation awards from Europe, the United States, and China, and has built the world’s foremost technological moat with 113 international patents. Shanghai Hi-dolphin influence has long transcended commercial boundaries, becoming a shining emblem of “China Intelligent Manufacturing” at national and global-level events.

At present, COFE+ products are sold in over 50 countries worldwide and have become the preferred partner for numerous Fortune Global 500, Fortune China 500, and leading brands across various sectors, firmly holding the top market occupation in global market share.

Journalist’s Observation

On the streets of Bucharest, as residents and tourists receive a cup of coffee—complete with perfect latte art and personalized prints—from this futuristic “coffee kiosk”, they are consuming more than just a beverage. They are  experiencing a new industrial revolution driven by artificial intelligence. The arrival of COFE+ signifies that “new-quality productive forces” are no longer a distant concept, but a tangible tool that can genuinely enhance life quality, optimize commercial efficiency, and promote sustainable development.

This robot, small in form but mighty in impact, uses a simple cup of coffee to send a clear message: “Made in China” is leaping toward “Create in China.” The vision carried by COFE+—that no longer will there be unprofitable real stores or labor-intensive service industries—points precisely to an important direction for the evolution of the future real economy. The waves of a “light-store” revolution, sweeping across globally, have now quietly reached Europe’s shore.