Robot
Restaurant HARBIN
A
restaurant in downtown Harbin, China, employs 20
robots instead of humans that cook, serve and
entertain its guests.
The restaurant opened in June 2012 and
has since become a novelty spot in Heilongjiang
province’s capital.
When a diner walks in, an usher robot
extends their mechanic arm to the side and says
“Earth person hello.
Welcome to the Robot Restaurant”.
Patrons can then place their order,
which is relayed by humans to one of the four
robot chefs
who are able to cook various styles of
dumplings and noodles.
Once the dish is prepared, a robot
waiter, which runs along tracks on the floor,
carries it from kitchen to table.
Prepared dishes are placed on a
suspended conveyor belt and when the plate
reaches the right table
the mechanical arms lift it off and set
it down.
There`s a singing robot too
!!!
The robots are between four and five
feet tall and can display 10 different facial
expressions.
They can work continuously for five
hours after a two-hour charge. But the staff
doesn’t come cheap - each robot
costs between 200,000 to 300,000 hinese
yuan (US$31,500 – US$47,000) with
an additional 5 million yuan
(US$790,000) invested into the restaurant itself.
(Credit: Xinhua)
Harbin is one of the most
genuinely unique places in China!!.
known for its
annual ice festival, the city has many other
marvels
-- a huge tiger
park that
travel faster than 300 km/h
a train
in temperatures as low as -40
degrees Celsius.
These are all cool, but
Harbin is apparently not a city to rest on its
laurels.
The Robot Restaurant opened
in Harbin in June.
Robot Restaurant
staffs a total of 20 robots as waiters, cooks
and busboys..
.
The robots were designed and
built by a local firm, the Harbin Haohai Robot
Company.
Each robot costs between
200,000 to 300,000 Chinese yuan (US$31,500 –
US$47,000) with
an additional 5 million yuan
(US$790,000) invested into the restaurant itself.
With the average Robot
Restaurant meal costing less than 62 yuan (US$10),
the restaurant is not meant
to earn Harbin Haohai money
.