Robot waiters have caused the closure of several restaurants in China

We have built robots that can walk, talk, play an incredibly complex board games, but to use them to work in Chinese restaurants turned out not such a good idea - two restaurants, which benefited from robotic waiters were closed, and the third left only one robot attract customers and returned to the traditional forms of service, reports shanghaiist.

Waiters complained of his former colleagues. "Robots are not able to carry the soup or other food that requires stability and often broke. The director of the restaurant decided never to use them again, "said one of the employees.

Another waiter saw that robots have been able to perform only a small number of tasks. "Their functionality is very limited. They can not take orders or pour water for

visitors. " To hire a robot need to "lay out" about 8 thousand dollars, and then every month to spend a few hundred on the maintenance and repair. Although these costs are lower than the salary of an ordinary worker, the robots are not ready to completely replace people.

According to the director of one of the restaurants, the only thing robots were good, so it is to attract visitors. "Robots can attract a large number of customers, but they certainly can not replace the people in this area».

How to Zhang Yong said, pro-rector of Kwangtung University of Technology, modern robots are perfectly capable of replacing a man when it comes to manufacturing operations, but it is not good enough to express themselves in areas that require constant interaction with people.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/274118/