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Automation: Oregon restaurant’s robot food system confuses some

Aug 4, 2023

Robotic waiter ‘Plato’ divides small Oregon town: Some restaurant customers recoil, and others ask if they are supposed to tip it | Daily Mail Online

I’ve written many posts about automation in the retail and business space. It’s happening.

Somewhere here I posted a photo of one of these restaurant robots I encountered last fall, in Salt Lake City.

By Edward MC

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