What Happens When Robots Can Pay?
Imagine an autonomous machine that needs electricity.
Today a human or company generally handles the commercial relationship.
Tomorrow the machine itself could potentially interact with payment infrastructure — under strict permissions.
A robot receives a task.
Its battery becomes low.
It finds an authorized charging service.
It requests permission or operates within a predefined budget.
The service is delivered.
Evidence is generated.
Payment is settled.
Robot → Identity → Permission → Service → Evidence → Payment
This isn't about giving robots unrestricted bank accounts.
It's about machine-to-machine commerce with human-defined limits.
If autonomous machines become common, economic infrastructure will eventually need to understand machines as participants too.
MyZubster can explore what that layer might require.
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