Posted on 01/06/2020 9:05:54 AM PST by C19fan
Afood-ferrying robot cat with attitude has been revealed at the CES 2020 tech expo in Las Vegas as a solution to understaffed restaurants.
The BellaBot, developed by Chinese company PuduTech, is a robotic waiter capable of delivering up to 10kg of restaurant orders to waiting customers. While its body is comprised of a stack of shelves carrying food trays, BellaBot has the head, face and personality of a crotchety feline.
The robot – described as a “cute kitty” by its creators – can move autonomously through restaurants, meowing at customers as it arrives to encourage them to collect their order.
Patrons can then give the BellaBot a scratch behind the ears or a pat on the head. Initially the robot will purr and react with pleasure, but distract it too long and, fittingly, its mood will quickly change.
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Get moody with me and I’d pour my drink in it and laugh maniacally when it fries.
Yet the video demonstrates nothing of the robot’s antics that the article describes. Fire the editor that chose the wrong video.
Having to tap that button is extremely unhygienic. There should be a light curtain that senses a tray has been pulled or some other touchless way. As is that is a disease vector of the first order. Now you wont have to worry if the cook staff or wait staff has hep, the other patrons become a worry too. Gross.
No minimum wage. But I’m not touching its head.
Not delivering soup, I see.
Just
Why
*** Having to tap that button is extremely unhygienic. ***
Not as bad as my patients who admitted to urinating in the KFC batter, or spitting in people’s food prior to serving because “they looked like they wouldn’t tip much.”
I seldom eat out.
That is adorable and a lot less creepy than trying to interact with a robot like it’s another human. I just wish one of our companies had gotten there first.
I guess Pandas are now passe ...
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Obvious joke here about orders arriving but the FISH is missing ...
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