South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing

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The new robot barista at the cafe in Daejeon, South Korea, is courteous and swift as it seamlessly makes its way towards customers.

“Here is your Rooibos almonds tea latte, please enjoy. It’s even better if you stir it,” it says, as a customer reaches for her drink on a tray installed within the large, gleaming white capsule-shaped computer.

Robots could help people observe social distancing in public, said Lee Dong-bae, director of research at Vision Semicon, a smart factory solution provider which developed the barista robot together with a state-run science institute.

 

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Un incubo, porcamadonna

Where's the Barista though? 🤔

Sanayi sektörü robotlarda, hizmet ve satış sektörüde tamamen onlara geçerse..peki bu robotlar kime üretip, kime hizmet edecekler..? Parası olan vatandaş kalacak mı etrafta..🤔 ya sosyal devlete dönüşüm.. yada tekno çöküş veya robotlara engel..

FalafelOfficial

Buat kek gini di indonesia, mah gampang...tapi biar ngetren kita harus impor...biar ada made in bla bla bla...

Oh ok! Can it calculate how many job losses there will be when it goes on full circulation?

Altri posti di lavoro che scompaiono

Depressing

automatically operated catering (AOC)

This just makes me want to give up entirely.

YangGangForCongress YangGang

Lovely to chat with a bot as your coffee is delivered innit

Need UBI...

Prefer people!

I haven't tasted a good coffee in South Korea. The robot is redundant.

Courteous and swift? That will never do for a robocop

Cute, but worrisome on employment front!

For every SINGLE job 'lost to automation,' there is 'that much less CONSUMPTION via after-tax earnings' (from the displaced employee) in the larger Economy.

More job losses

So, 1 less way for aspiring actors, screenwriters, media types, to earn a dollar waiting for their break, and 1 less way for people to have a job. Wonderful👎

trash

More robots means universal income coming.

OttawaNewsToday Which means less need for staff

Who cares what South Korea does

2welveMoons I guess you’re gonna have to look for a new job soon buddy! aasalama44

and no tips also service always the same

Bitter reality post Covid 19 Pandemic

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Time to up the game, Austin_M_Scott

No shit it will help with social distancing as everyone runs away in terror.

South Korea Itaewon cluster continues to grow, now at 237 Infections linked to nightspots in the neighborhood of Itaewon have totaled 237, officials said Monday, with community transmission linked to the cluster showing no signs of slowing.

Robots will take over all the jobs

TRHLofficial I would find that quite nasty.

'hires'? resist robots covid19 grammar

This would not be for me or my family. We love people

Just think, for the last 8 months the robot was on unemployment but now it has 'Maintenance Benefits'.

For me, the idea of a robot serving coffee makes the idea to go a coffee shop, worthless.

SouthKorea Itaewon cluster continues to grow, now at 237 Infections linked to nightspots in the neighborhood of Itaewon have totaled 237, officials said Monday, with community transmission linked to the cluster showing no signs of slowing. COVID19

bittersteel01

What is it with Reuters and tech dystopia! Is this supposed to boost moral during lockdown?

Is it enough to hire soulless inanimate object to tame persons with spirit in them? They can as well convert human beings to robots to obey their luciferian SocialDistancing concept. Nonsense!

But can it make a good “Flat White” ?

Hires 😂

And what about the customers sitting together or tables apart or people making coffee and baking in the kitchen Are they all robots too WhT to replace only waiters

Why not a human?

She is so cute and good at her work!

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