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In this photo taken on Dec. 17, 2021, Mekong Asian Cuisine owner Winnie Zhang shows off the restaurant's newest waiter - a robot called KettyBot that delivers dishes to patrons at their table and ...

A customer receives a meal delivered by a BellaBot robot at the Noodle Topia restaurant on Monday, March 20, 2023, in Madison Heights, Mich. Many think robot waiters are the solution to the ...

A robot costs around $15,000, he said, but a person costs $5,000 to $6,000 per month. Zhai said the robots give human servers more time to mingle with customers, which increases tips.

Still, the robots are proliferating. Redwood City, California-based Bear Robotics introduced its Servi robot in 2021 and expects to have 10,000 deployed by the end of this year in 44 U.S. states ...