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A robot is joining the staff roster at a Limerick restaurant

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

01:49 24 Sep 2021


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Did we transport to the future??

A restaurant in Limerick city centre has added a robot to its roster.

Bella-bot has been taken on by the Jasmine Palace to serve diners.

She can work shifts up to 12 hours on 4 hours battery charge.

Bella will be on hand to lighten the load of her human co-workers.

She's capable of helping with heavy loads and can carry up 30 bottles of water at a time.

It's estimated she can carry loads five times heavier than her human counterparts.

And we hear she's also a whopper singing and can belt out Happy Birthday when needed.

The Irish Examiner reports that Bella’s employment all started after a friend visited general manager, Jeff Tse.

He runs a robotics company, and brought her in from China to show her off.

So they decided to set her to work on a trial basis!

People are a bit divided on social media, worried that the introduction of robots into hospitality could lead to job losses.


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