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Restaurants in China are replacing waiters with robots

Jul 26, 2021, 12:47 IST

These ten robot waiters serve customers in Chengdu, China, carrying dishes around and giving simple greetings to customers.

They cost around $11,310 each when they were bought in 2014.

A "Wall-E"-themed dining hall in Hefei, China uses 30 of these robots, which can accommodate 200 customers.

Robots can even take up cooking jobs, like slicing noodles or doing simple prep tasks.

"Robot-sliced noodles are tastier, too,” one robot restaurant manager told the Wall Street Journal. “The texture is softer, more even.”

Real chefs oversee the robot cooks to make sure they don't malfunction on the job.

These robot waiters in Yiwu, China, are designated as female and male.

The female server is named "Little Peach."

And the male robot is named "Little Blue."

Both run on magnetic tracks to deliver meals.

Such tracks can support more than just robots — this bot in Yinan brings in dishes on the back of a bike.

This robot-themed restaurant in Suzhou, China has 15 robots on staff.

Four of the robots act as waiters, one is part of the welcome staff, and the other ten are on reserve for entertainment.

This restaurant in Harbin, China, employs 20 robots. Most robots in Chinese restaurants are limited to simple mobile interactions, and can't respond to requests or hold heavy dishes.

That's why humans are still needed. 20 robots on a magnetic track can't run a whole restaurant, but they can be entertaining diversions.

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