Comments on Robot Waiters And Receptionists In China Restaurant
Robotic waiters get better and better, take a look at this restaurant in China. (Read
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"I'm still waiting for a robotic busboy as suggested by Philip K. Dick in his 1964 novel Lies, Inc."
(Bill Christensen 12/8/2010 5:42:13 PM)
"So long as things don't go horribly wrong as in Niven's short story "Intent to Deceive" (which was in the "Tales of Known Space" collection)."
(Fred Kiesche 12/9/2010 8:33:38 AM)
"Or, you could make the tables into robots. Take a look at this table robot video.
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