Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are robot waiters the future? It’s a question the restaurant industry is increasingly trying to answer. Many think robot ...

It’s easy to see why it quickly became a hit – there’s no chance of catching Covid from a waiter who isn ... the golden age of Japan’s post-war economic boom, robots have been deployed ...

Japan and Singapore are close to making it happen in the service industry. SoftBank Robotics (SBRG) and China's Keenon Robotics plan to work together to make robot waiters widely available in ...

The Dawn cafe in Japan hires disabled staff to control its robot waiters, providing new social and employment opportunities to citizens across the country. We meet Fumiko, a server who takes ...

TOKYO: It resembles a malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway's new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of painting and gardening in mind.