At the Dawn cafe in central Toyko, diners are greeted as they come in the door not by a person, but by a robot avatar. It has a friendly voice, two arms with which to gesticulate for emphasis ...

Unlike regular eateries, patrons at the Dawn Avatar Robot Café will be served by an ... tended to be mainly of novelty value, the Dawn Cafe has a much more serious objective.

At the Dawn cafe in central Toyko, diners are greeted as they come in the door not by a person, but by a robot avatar. It has a friendly voice, two arms with which to gesticulate for emphasis, and a ...