Who can refuse a sweet and tasty icecream treat, especially when it is served by a cute robot? Yes, the age-old dessert has become a convenient and tasty mechanically made a dessert?
Eating ice cream in the winter is really a challenge, especially for those living in the freezing northeastern Chinese region.
But with a five-year-warranty on each one, and the fact that they only need to be charged four-hours-a-day, the owner Lu Dike, 48, says that in the long-term it will save him a fortune in wages.
The machines are a popular draw at the restaurants, with diners wanting to experience being serviced by them.
They also have the capability to speak up to 40 phrases in Mandarin Chinese, such as 'enjoy your meal'.
Owner Mr Lu is being pressured to put the robots on sale for people to take home.
He said: 'I get asked at least once a day if I'm prepared to sell one of them.
'Who knows? Maybe it might be a good sideline.'
Customer Xu Yuan, 34, who is interested in purchasing a robot waiter said: 'I really like the service and I think I would really like one at home.
'My son has been pestering me ever since we came here for a snack after a trip to the movies.'
Eating ice cream in the winter is really a challenge, especially for those living in the freezing northeastern Chinese region.
But the operator of a shopping mall in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning province, invited a robot to make ice cream for customers to have a try.
The humanoid robot, named Robot Wen, was bought for 1.5 million yuan ($241,000) and is able to make a cup of ice cream within one minute.
It offers six flavors, each of which is priced at 20 yuan and is discounted to 10 yuan during the opening promotion.
The cafe in Ningbo, a seaport city in northeastern China's Zhejiang province now has automated waiters who take orders and serve food to any table within the restaurant - and tell customers to enjoy their meal in Mandarin.
The machines navigate their way around with the use of an optical sensing system.
Although wages for the robots are non-existent, they still do not come cheap, costing at least £6,000 each.
The cafe in Ningbo, a seaport city in northeastern China's Zhejiang province now has automated waiters who take orders and serve food to any table within the restaurant - and tell customers to enjoy their meal in Mandarin.
The machines navigate their way around with the use of an optical sensing system.
Although wages for the robots are non-existent, they still do not come cheap, costing at least £6,000 each.
But with a five-year-warranty on each one, and the fact that they only need to be charged four-hours-a-day, the owner Lu Dike, 48, says that in the long-term it will save him a fortune in wages.
The machines are a popular draw at the restaurants, with diners wanting to experience being serviced by them.
They also have the capability to speak up to 40 phrases in Mandarin Chinese, such as 'enjoy your meal'.
Owner Mr Lu is being pressured to put the robots on sale for people to take home.
He said: 'I get asked at least once a day if I'm prepared to sell one of them.
'Who knows? Maybe it might be a good sideline.'
Customer Xu Yuan, 34, who is interested in purchasing a robot waiter said: 'I really like the service and I think I would really like one at home.
'My son has been pestering me ever since we came here for a snack after a trip to the movies.'
Source : CCTV News, DailyMail , China Daily
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