Contactless and Cashless Smart Vending Machine Integrated with Mobile Device

Vending machines are in great demand nowadays, especially in developed countries which are used as a tool for selling product to provide what people needs. The pandemic and the trend of cashless payment demand more innovative vending machine to be used. In this study a contactless and cashless smart vending machine integrated with mobile device were proposed to answer those challenges. The developed system run as expected. The time needed to connect between the Mobile Vending application and the vending machine is around 2,925 seconds and the time required for sending data on / off the LED on the vending machine is around 0.574 seconds.