Automated self-service: Customers picking up their order from a robot at an Original Kayu Nasi Kandar outlet. Looking on is Burhan. — GLENN GUAN/The Star
PETALING JAYA: With the longer operating hours granted to them, Indian and Indian-Muslim restaurants now find themselves short of workers and some have even resorted to robot waiters to plug the gap.
While many are appealing to the government for more flexibility on the labour front, Original Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar managing director Burhan Mohamed said some of his restaurants were currently using robots to serve customers.
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