Restaurant in China hires robots as waiters

A restaurant in eastern China is serving food with a difference as they are using robots as waiters. Report by Sarah Kerr.

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[doodskoprs]

Do your homework kids, or these will replace you later on!

[SalemSunset]

I wouldn't want to be served by that horrifying thing.

[Zoza]

Just wait until the robot is capable of sweeping the streets and clean up trash and doing outside labor jobs like cutting trees and plant seeds etc etc..

[akselpena]

I saw one of these at the food court in the mall I work at trust me it’s creepier when your standing face to face with it

[seiya]

I WILL MISS THE MOMENTS WHERE I FLIRT WITH THE LADIES

[louzinga]

The robot sweeping the floor looks so realistic!

[fredchiang]

These robots aren't "taking away jobs, " they're simply moving jobs from waiters/waitresses to robot engineers, robot mechanics, robot technicians, factory workers, etc. 

[ryb]

5 year life span??? You'd think they'd last longer than that if they truly are going to replace human jobs.

[loliciousfakurama]

Just a gimic. Not very efficient. I think Japanese implemented it correctly using conveyor belt system to deliver food.

[JustSumChillAlien]

Those are robot waitresses. Not waiters. :D

[jessicahewitt]

Too slow the movement.. We human served more faster. Some more the restaurants not much ppl.

[johnnycash]

Well if you PlSS them off they can't spit on your food. 

[TheNoraa]

Future of our capitalist society.

No more stupid unions and minimal wage activists!

This is our future for a utopia capitalist society!

[pigeon]

Robots don't get paid because there just robots

[sherazarubab]

Lol robots only went near table than humans came and serve meal. I also seen these robots

[mikesui]

Somebody take away the food in the middle....

[LiveForPanda]

I bet some other restaurants already did this, and ODN (ITN back then) reported it. I think it was in Japan.

[billingtonmarc]

Did they really hire them? Application forms, interviews and trial period too?

[loslakersjims]

Wow... that is so high tech. I think I can find something like that in Toy R Us.  Wow, China.

[NightDarkness]

This makes me think of the bots restaurant from Sam and Cat.