Robo-cocktail hour: robots move into room service mode

Robo-cocktail hour: robots move into room service mode
The BellaBot: “You don’t have to speak, smile or put your pants on”. (Image: Sudima)
Brent Melville
Les Morgan has a new-found respect for robotics.The hotelier and Sudima Hotels chief operating officer is particularly fond of three of his most recent employees at the group’s Auckland airport hotel. “They do a good job, don’t require induction, staff meals or leave, and we haven’t lost a day to a grandmother’s funeral yet,” he said. The main job of the bots – a SwiftBot, BellaBot and FlashBot – built by Shenzhen-based Pudu Robotics, is to dispense orders to guests. The FlashBot can go...

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