The robots that serve customers at Tokyo's Dawn Ver Café are controlled remotely by people who are physically paralysed rather than by artificial intelligence. The cafe has assisted many people ...

The cafe opened in 2021 at a time when Japan had in place a series of strict rules around social distancing in public, though it never underwent a full Covid-19 lockdown.

Robot barista named "Sawyer" makes a coffee at Henna Cafe, Japanese meaning "Strange Cafe"in Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The cafe's robot barista brews and serves coffee as the rapidly aging country ...

Instead, Japan unfolds like a novel, or maybe a manga comic, our 17 days jammed with pig cafes, tea ceremonies, bullet trains and robot cafes. For our children, aged nine, 11 and 13, it was their ...

A robot greeted me at the entrance and explained how the cafe works, then I spoke to my robot waiter and with the mini robots by the bar. 'Because I can speak Japanese, I was able to learn about ...

One thing the company is keen to emphasise is that this is not only a solution for disabled people. The Independent meets one member of staff – via their OriHime robot – who lives in Italy with her ...