Robot waitress deployed for service at restaurant in Mysuru
The Hindu
It is programmed to move along magnetic strip laid on the floor
Customers visiting this hotel in Mysuru are in for a pleasant surprise as a robot clad in a traditional saree turns up with food and beverages ordered by them.
What is more, on completion of the order, the ‘’waitress’’ also makes a request to the customers to give a voice command to ‘’go back’’ so that it can serve other customers.
The robot – named as Eco – is on a test run since Monday at Hotel Siddharta and is battery operated. It can run for 8 hours on a single charge of nearly 4 hours. It is likely to be fully operational from Wednesday.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.