Carrier Transicold’s NaturaLINE refrigeration units provide cooling for Cleveron’s grocery kiosks

Robotic kiosks that provide automated and contactless dispensing of groceries for consumers are being sustainably refrigerated by Carrier Transicold NaturaLINE units, according to a news release.

The units are the only container refrigeration systems to use the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (R-744), according to the release. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation.

Typically used on marine shipping containers to protect perishables and frozen food shipped between continents, now transfer groceries directly from retailer to consumer through an advanced kiosk made by Estonian robotics innovator Cleveron, according to the release.

To date, the release said Cleveron 501 kiosks using Carrier Transicold’s NaturaLINE units have been deployed throughout Europe in grocery/retail environments, sharing a footprint with sustainable in-store R-744-based systems by Carrier Commercial Refrigeration Europe. Cleveron 501 systems have also been deployed in the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.

“We realized that combining refrigerated shipping containers and our robotics would enable us to create a product that is easy to transport and quick to install, and that also delivers solid cooling and withstands the forces of nature,” Mihkel Ilp, chief operating officer, Cleveron, said in the release. “Carrier was selected as our preferred partner because of its long history in the field of refrigeration and shipping containers, and because Carrier offers the NaturaLINE system with R-744 refrigerant.”