Robot cats to the rescue: short-staffed New York restaurants use China-made machine waiters

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After struggling to hire enough staff, some restaurants in New York have started using robots to serve their customers. The feline-themed mechanical waiters are made in China and not exactly cheap, but the US$16,000 BellaBot can reliably deliver food orders from the kitchen to the table. WowRobee, the company that helps distribute the robots, said many restaurants see automatons as an answer to hiring problems sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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[@valerievankerckhove9325]

Restaurant owner: So what are the features? Seller: It does cat faces. Owner: Deal!

[@EternalGaming786]

CATTO Supremacy! :3

[@JcDizon]

Oh I've seen this robot before in a Chinese restaurant north of Toronto a few weeks ago. It was very convenient and it acts politely and even sings happy birthday.

[@EternalGaming786]

Best of all it's a CATTO :3

[@gambler942]

Let's not forget Detroit becoming human

[@cosmoray9750]

U.S. Is on the Verge of Internal Collapse: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJPMd2d_qqhsaNU 🤔

[@LivingLonger]

RoboCop(s) almost ready. humanoid atlas (Boston Dynamics) that can walk, run, jump, flip and shoot on uneven floors (videoid: LLSqc-p4UhI )

[@brucewayne6356]

I've seen it in a east side Mario's in north York.

[@feels.like.coffee]

Putting "China-made" in the title was so unnecessary lol. Most of the stuff you find in US is "China-made" lol

[@ruttolomeo1987]

I’m currently working as a Maître d’ for a 5 stars hotel, after 11 years working my way up into the industry. First as busboy, then food runner, then bartender, then server and finally managing a team. As long as human interaction is preserved and these robots only purpose is to run things from the kitchen to the floor, I say KUDOS!

[@levitatingpotato109]

It obviously won't stop here, the same thing that happened in manufacturing will happen in the service sector.

[@Eckh4rt]

Is Maitre d another name for useless?

[@Term-limits]

Yea, just you wait and see.

[@hihello9131]

@@Eckh4rt look at your own life

[@the_dragon_gamer8850]

@@Eckh4rt no…it like greeting customers

[@RayMak]

May one day Sino US Relationship will be better than ever....

[@torelloBank]

will never happens as long as usa still felt threated by the growing china power and refuse to see the reality.

[@americansamoa1121]

Robots are bound to take over all of our jobs, its not a matter of " if", it's a matter of " when".

[@condorX2]

1:39 Yeh! human interaction is still a thing

[@biomuseum6645]

Robots taking dull jobs is innovation Robots taking everything else is pure misanthropy and greediness

[@enjel1147]

Well that is until AI can fix AI and Robots can fix Robots by themselves. For now it can only pose a threat to braindead jobs and still require tech support.

[@seanryan1606]

Isn't that scary tho I mean this is really bad cause of overpopulation

[@mionatsume5071]

Robots will become the legal slaves of the future generation.

[@michaelgonzales4677]

I love this idea no more forced to give tips to people.

[@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978]

$15/hr? Well here's your replacement. Also robots don't need tip.

[@Rosemary_bae]

Are we gonna ignore how adorable the robot is?

[@gluecksdrache2054]

Not a great design. If you have read the book "Hooked" or the epic description why a company has invented room fragrance.... you know why! 😉🆗

[@biomuseum6645]

AI is like a bear 🐻 Cute and adorable while on a baby phase But scary asf while more developed

[@gluecksdrache2054]

@@biomuseum6645 In five up to ten years we will pass the tipping point. Where the harm of additional AI could be larger than the positive impact. By further reducing small and medium enterprises and conveying revenue to BIg Tech. As well as reducing the percentage of salaries of the GDP. Thus leaving additional parts of the population at home and paying them unemployment benefits.

[@nekopop8159]

@@gluecksdrache2054 Yes, China is becoming even more dystopian with their AI.

[@gluecksdrache2054]

@@nekopop8159 The main problem is that senseless digitization has become a religion. 😞 It is a worldwide phenomenon triggered by two or three large companies. In contrast to that the epic Belt and Road initiative of the government of PR China is great. Investing in real assets.

[@thamesshylock5626]

Consumers will love them. They don't need tips.

[@Tui67]

China and India are both great countries both of them should work togather in space tech Healthcare instead of getting into border disputes the day india and china unite that day asian century would come to reality

[@spider6660]

China: Do our robot looks cool? USA: No, its forced robot labour. China:OHHHKKKK 🤷

[@myname8419]

Taking orders and explaining meals can be replaced with computer: install a touch screen at each table (like in mcd) with a more detailed explanation of each meal, that way, people can take their time to order food, and the orders will be accepted by the chef before delivered by this robot.

[@flyerthantheg6]

Or have a button that calls in a person waiter for questions and help.

[@jakobberger2363]

Everything reeks inflation in the economy don't know who , however a person desires to pay attention to this , you have to stop relying on the government and saving all of your money . Venture into making an investment a few in case you actually want monetary freedom

[@adabaamarach2419]

I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money , I don't know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or crypto and stocks 🇺🇸🇺🇸.

[@shirleymack1033]

I've always wanted to trade crypto but got confused with the fluctuations in price🥰🥰

[@jeffreybrantley3857]

please how can I contact expert Mr Jakob berger?

[@jeffreybrantley3857]

@Sanusi Sani Thank you for this . Will definitely reach out to him now . Thanks again

[@harrykelly3237]

I countlessly share my experience with co - workers at work , on how I made 23,000 from $ 2,600 in 10days of trading🥰🥰🥰

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

So instead of scary looking terminators, the robot overlords gonna look like cats with big guns.

[@TypeKK]

What a cute creation this is, looks welcoming to customers

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100:2‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ht

[@kneebreaker2708]

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 uh why are you saying this

[@Its_Hero]

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 no u

[@meercreate]

@@kneebreaker2708 it's a bot, it's what they do

[@KisaraCrystal]

If I was living in New York, I’ll eat there every day. Cats robotic or not are my weakness, that look so cute. 😻

[@XolifreX]

I've seen this Robot in a restaurant at the coast of Belgium at Middelkerke. Pretty cute robot, seems its job there is also to get the food from the kitchen to the tables.

[@sigma_z]

I've seen this and it's AMAZING! It really does avoid tables, chairs, people, little children etc... Really cool in real life!

[@wlsn77]

Maid cafes are going to hit differently with these beauties

[@christianjamito837]

literally in a Jollibee restaurant, they have that lol

[@MrLoobu]

That's not even close to a cat, try again.

[@Will-sq3ip]

The idea of “Robots and machines taking jobs” does sound unfortunate but if you ask me, it’s an improvement and people need to evaluate how to deal with these changes, not everyone really want to work as a waiter and busperson. From my experience, there used to be a Black Angus in our town. Bad services almost all the time but we keep going there because of the coupons and my parents are too shy about eating at other restaurants, especially other than Asian food.

[@QuakerRaze]

Not surprised that American companies are using Chinese technology. We are decades ahead of the technology race. I am happy to see our domestic products used abroad because it shows that China is leading the way and will always be number one.

[@JasonTubeOffical]

Japan number 1

[@mozart0]

Lol others try to make it reliable. Whereas China seems to rush everything making it harder to believe that they will work correctly😂

[@bowwak5366]

You're not ahead of race you just have enough cheap labor to produce it with lower costs than it's being made in US when unions will price you for everything, taxation also is the cause.

[@channelterminated6699]

Correction it's made in china but isn't designed there, another thing is that the first robot waiter is from the USA back in 1983 by a man named Shayne Hayashi who is Japanese. :)

[@bowwak5366]

@@channelterminated6699 back when USA was a land of opportunity for those being ambitious, modern USA keeps punishing and being jealous for ambitious people.

[@izzu_W]

Owh no sykkuno plate up automation has taken over real world

[@michaelgonzales4677]

Everyone talking about robots taking over the world. But they already did.

[@johnmichaeldecastroii2158]

This kind of robot was also used by Jollibee in their selected branch here in the Philippines.

[@MarcelinoDeseo]

Hey, kabayan! I'll look for those Jolibee branches here 😁

[@ainsleyfrastructurekpopmashups]

Soon, Robots May Hit Also More Jollibee Branches, and More Fast-Food Chains, When Tesla Optimus Comes Out, and Robotics Became Mainstream

[@worldofwonder.subforasub3209]

I hope this won’t take over, because if it does, then we may not have enough money to go around and then its bad economically, but other than that, it’s great

[@_nyan_cat3989]

This is so adorable.

[@shampayne]

This is resiculous there is no labor shortage. Saving labor costs by using robots just means eventually there will be no consumer with jobs with money to spend back into the economy. How about reducing profit margins and increasing wages to attract employees.

[@aloryt]

Fajny projekt, świetny pomysł,bardzo podoba mi się koci wygląd robota. Z drugiej strony to po mniej się stanowisk pracy dla ludzi. Choć obsługa klienta to bardzo niewdzięczna praca.

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100:2‬ ‭NIV‬‬ O

[@AlCatSplat]

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Thanks but I didn't ask.

[@momo-PC9527]

ya, 18% tips trending is killing toronto's restaurant

[@TapanThakur1964]

I want the cat robots to say UwU insteas of thank you.

[@Marrie418]

In my favorite restaurant they have one and it's really cute, fast and when you pet it it purrs.

[@yzchen6758]

Interesting, I though it might be a better idea to just transfer the food with a overhead rail robot system. I've seen robots like this for years in China, surely still needs a lot of human interaction, it's difficult to put food on table for any robots.

[@suckit758]

You dont put the food on the table the customer grabs their own food

[@gthreesix]

We got these in HK too! It's super cute 😺 There is a waste basket carrier type as well.

[@nekopop8159]

I know this robot! It served me boba tea in my city!

[@crystalgz3504]

Where the Robot Phobia?🤨 Scroll it

[@raymondleong3533]

Pudu bot, Malaysia already have for over a year.

[@okthen9454]

This is already pretty common in Malaysia, even McD use this.

[@TypeKK]

Wait what really, I live in East Malaysia and I don't know McD already use robots in rhe restaurant

[@gemhunter616]

Wait, I live in Malaysia. Which Mcd are you talking about?

[@okthen9454]

Aku xingat kat mana, aritu tgk youtube mat salleh pg mcd makan nasi lemak mcd ada robot. Sekarang some kedai mamak pon ada pakai robot ni.

[@Hikarushinyi]

Cat🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@someoneIikedyourcomment]

they took our job!

[@HADESthe3RD]

U LIVE IN CHINA

[@ikko4107]

日本全国に現在この配膳ロボットが普及していますね。やはり可愛いですからね笑。日本製もこれから配膳ロボット分野で数はまだ少ないが輸出できるまで成長してほしい！

[@scootergirl3662]

People worry about automation taking jobs, but the vast majority of it is going to be cases like this where people cannot find people to fill the jobs to begin with, or to aid people in their jobs. Also cat robot.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

For now. You'll all eventually be replaced, and we lizards welcome robot overlords replacing you upright apes.

[@fernanmontevista204]

Cool !!It won't complain for overwork

[@EdgarPoe_Raven]

Well we need to look at the maintainance aspect. But you may yell at it...until some organization accuse you of mistreatment over a robot...

[@steveh5882]

Awesome, when I open my restaurant someday, I’ll use technology to limit staff. No waiters or waitresses and no tipping.

[@timothychua6077]

It's also already exists in Malaysia

[@Ahahahhaaah]

I need one of these in my house to bring me beer lol.

[@blitzforce]

I worked in this industry. The problem is that owners needs to maintain a set profit margin, and an increase to salary will result in increase in prices. Customers, however, are not willing to pay for it, as the moment you increase price, they go somewhere else.

[@namehere4954]

*Stares in inflation.* highest price hikes in food we've seen in recent history and people still eating out more than ever.

[@biomuseum6645]

Increase the quality then So the price is worth it

[@garryferrington811]

The cat graphic sold it.

[@SkewardlySkewZaneShennanigans]

there is one for this in Jolibee Idk where

[@NeroMai]

I guarantee you this robot will get into a fight, then it'll start wearing Yankees and timbs.

[@bitcoinski]

So we don't hafta tip 'em, right?

[@freeaccount5223]

Spoiler its spying

[@Blingchachink]

Shrink down a Carvana vending machine and you have your future dim sum cart.

[@biomuseum6645]

Robots taking dull jobs is innovation Robots taking everything else is pure misanthropy and greediness

[@TypeKK]

Well, we have to get things balanced By not just give all our chores and works in the limbs of robot

[@ykboa8672]

However I haven‘t seen this in China.

[@viclorenzo5016]

Nice

[@edmondgab]

Canada should take notes, with all the labour shortages they should give this a try

[@MandoMTL]

Or companies could pay decent salaries.

[@uhu597]

Looks like a "national security risk" to me.

[@gemhunter616]

This is totally a planned attack from China to USA to eliminate jobs, increasing homelessness rate and increase crime rate, thus destabilising USA.

[@colgatetoothpaste4865]

Employees be like !! When we make bold demands we win!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Once when I saw this in kura sushi restarunt my family and my friend all saw 2 robots run into each other LOL

[@patrik9328]

We are getting to Dark Age of Technology and Men of Iron! But seriously, robots are cool

[@petergriffin9902]

Talk about disruptive technology. This is very promising.

[@cwleon82]

meh... we have it it many of our restaurant here in Malaysia

[@HapyKora]

"China made" bs

[@cocaineminor4420]

It is china made USA doesn't have a robot lol.

[@Become-Eggplant]

Only problem I have with those kind of bots are drinks. Had one delivered me hot tea, only for it to splash it around.

[@Olly07]

What if a customer accidentally knocks the robot down and spoils it? $16000 gone?

[@meercreate]

These bots are pretty bottom heavy. It probably won't do too much damage if they're knocked over. A lot of the action happens in the lower 1/4 of the robot anyways

[@janosik150]

Well there you go...soon everyone will have no jobs....you will only have rich with robots and poor in slams...because they were lazy

[@wankhairulwanali9485]

There no Short Staff, it just you guys didn't paid your employees better... That just your excuses to give low pays to hard workers 😒😒😒...

[@blitzforce]

I worked in this industry. The problem is that owners needs to maintain a set profit margin, and an increase to salary will result in increase in prices. Customers, however, are not willing to pay for it, as the moment you increase price, they go somewhere else.

[@yongchen8204]

immoral, greed and unethical bussiness practice is doing against employees by substituting robots for human workers.

[@Steven-xf8mz]

The toxic tip culture in the US has gone from 15% to 18% on base option. I wonder whether staff reduction will impact tipping, definitely less people around for the split.

[@ВасилийКремлеботов]

in "Developed" US it just came something what already at least one year common in Asia

[@happytrails1963]

Cat robot that sing happy birthday wonderful technology

[@Stromboli916]

Some places are buying these and raising their food prices significantly near here. I'd much rather a human bring my food, especially if it won't cost as much.

[@catrodrigues7043]

We have this robot in a japanese restaurant here in luxembourg it‘s very cute!

[@paulramos9314]

In the Philippines, robots are the in-thing in some fastfoods & some were used at the height of COVID in some hospitals due to the severity of the pandemic.

[@vofff]

This is not the first, Sweden malmo Chinese restaurant got it first during pandemic

[@sappypappy8595]

Wait a tick...New Yorkers "like" human interaction?

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Food runner salary and position eliminated. Masters one - The People zero. Wages drop again for the poor.

[@machokmacho6597]

I can already see these being stolen or destroyed.

[@kyle9796]

$15 Hour minimum wage 🇺🇸😂😂🇺🇸

[@yen-8680]

😅 our hawker store been using this kind of robot for few years now

[@junebug8485]

Amazing stuff right there!

[@LukasAryan]

Everybody's gangsta until the robots ask's for its salary

[@Gemaniacal]

It's cute but it's going to replace you. Not awesome.

[@im__phanindra]

Let's go unemployment ✊

[@victoriaregina8344]

Should use made on Japan!

[@wynn3077]

Japanese is best.

[@victoriaregina8344]

AJJAJAJAAAAAPAANNN!

[@bigpimpen045]

Dang they cost 16k that's a year salary for a waiter lol I wonder how many years they last and batteries

[@darkmadder9897]

Always the plan since b4 lockdown.

[@smilling1035]

America sees this hot and wants to boycott but can't🥶🥶🥶

[@Lavabird827]

Finally, when made in Chine isn't that bad

[@TypeKK]

This robot seems like to have a high price considering the quality of the robot being fine

[@q_q123]

Seen the same robot in a restaurant I ate in not long ago. Funny little thing

[@the_bird_of_hermes_tarot777]

The next generation are more educated so another reason for less workers.

[@user-wg2gd9pp9b]

I prefer Robot than Human temperament. And no need tipping?

[@kellielmao]

Impressive Dumplings in Brisbane has these :D

[@sliduyzamnoyu]

Great no more these kind of jobs for humans it’s worthless

[@新世纪-f7f]

US might sanctions this product soon.. Hahaha

[@jaaycb3907]

Short staff. Instead of giving raise to get people in or to stay nah instead let's spend all the money on a robot

[@Otter-Destruction]

But a dimsum robot won't call me langzai