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Small Wonder: Robot Waiters Come to China
cbsnews ^

Posted on 12/22/2010 3:29:40 PM PST by traumer

Edited on 12/22/2010 4:02:41 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The restaurant, which opened this month in Jinan in northern Shandong province, is touted as China's first robot hotpot eatery where robots resembling Star Wars droids circle the room carrying trays of food in a conveyor belt-like system.

More than a dozen robots operate in the restaurant as entertainers, servers, greeters and receptionists. Each robot has a motion sensor that tells it to stop when someone is in its path so customers can reach for dishes they want.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: robot

1 posted on 12/22/2010 3:29:41 PM PST by traumer
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To: traumer

Wanna fries with THAT ?


2 posted on 12/22/2010 3:30:59 PM PST by traumer
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To: traumer

I raffed.


3 posted on 12/22/2010 3:38:45 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Guilty of being White.)
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To: traumer

Communism’s ultimate goal..turn people into robots. No morals, not god, not scruples, just obedience. FUBO


4 posted on 12/22/2010 3:40:13 PM PST by Track9 (Make War!!)
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To: traumer

Yeah, they simply don’t have enough workers.
I guess they can’t get Mexicans to do the jobs Chinese won’t. /s


5 posted on 12/22/2010 3:45:54 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: traumer
I can understand this, based on the tiny and shrinking poplulation in China.

Wait. What?

/johnny

6 posted on 12/22/2010 3:58:58 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: traumer

What will all those wannabe actors do for gainful employment between casting calls if the bots take over?


7 posted on 12/22/2010 4:39:46 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: traumer

No need for tipping.......


8 posted on 12/22/2010 4:43:37 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (There's only one cure for Obamarrhea......)
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To: don-o

Seems appropriate.


9 posted on 12/22/2010 4:43:42 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I can’t, right now.


10 posted on 12/22/2010 5:03:06 PM PST by don-o (Wait. What?)
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To: don-o

Let’s settle for the keyword and have a Merry Christmas.


11 posted on 12/22/2010 5:04:38 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Some of the finest threads ever carry keyword robot.

Merry Christmas, T S!j!


12 posted on 12/22/2010 5:24:04 PM PST by don-o (Wait. What?)
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