The Hajime restaurant in Bangkok now boasts robot Samurai waiters. The waitbots run back and forth on a track behind the bar, delivering food. Take a look at the video below.
(Samurai Robot Waiters In Thailand Video)
The robots apparently were developed at a cost of one million dollars.
SF film buffs of course recall the single wheel robot WA-7, the robotic waitress from Dex's Diner in Star Wars II Attack of the Clones.
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