At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo ... If people don’t want a robot serving their coffee, they won’t have it, no matter how performant the robot is. This is why Japan is regarded as a test ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Robot Restaurant, located in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, is home to a nightly cabaret show with giant neon robots. Produced by Jenner Deal Follow BI Video ...

But are robot waiters the future? It’s a question the restaurant industry is increasingly trying to answer. Many think robot waiters are the solution to the industry’s labor shortages.

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg. Research firm Fuji Keizai ...

The self-driving robot is engineered to easily navigate ... a senior living center in Cupertino, Calif., and restaurants and cafés in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea.

From tonkatsu pork cutlets and unagi eel to okonomiyaki pancakes and all things tofu, Tokyo is home to a dizzying quantity of restaurants specialising in an array of Japanese cuisine ...

At one of the chain’s Tokyo restaurants, 71-year-old Yasuko Tagawa estimated that half her job now involves some form of robotic assistance. At one point, Tagawa told a robot, “Thanks for your ...