Keep in mind this is happening now in a country with plenty of cheap human labor. So when robot labor hits Western countries in earnest it will likely take off as quickly as those societies transitioned from horse drawn transportation to motorized vehicles in the first quarter of the 20th Century.
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A restaurant has used a battery-powered robot to serve food and drink to punters - but experts warn of 'inevitable' jobs threat
How would you feel about being served food by a robot ?
One restaurant in China has done exactly that - swapping a human waiter for a 140cm-tall robot counterpart.
Using a battery, the robot is capable of serving diners at a restaurant in Shenyang, capital city of China's Liaoning Province, for up to eight hours.
The robot takes customers their food and drinks and, thanks to a mix of sensors and navigation hardware, is able to avoid spilling anything.
It can carry up to 7kg of food or drink at one time and, better yet, doesn't require wages - or even a tip.
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