Robotic waiters no longer a necessity


Back to basics: Service robots sitting unused at an Original Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar outlet in Petaling Jaya. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: With many foreign workers having arrived to fill vacancies in the service sector, “extra hands” which have been helping out at restaurants are now out of a job.

These are service robots, which played a crucial role during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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