AI Robots serve restaurant customers in South Korea
A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots.
Sep 15, 2020
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Hello and welcome: Robot waiters to the rescue amid virus
You can always count on a robot for perfect timing.
May 29, 2020
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Privacy concerns over contact-free QR codes used in restaurants
Diners could be serving up a lot more than just their burger order if they use the contact-free QR codes suddenly available at many restaurants and bars, warns David Choffnes, who studies cybersecurity at Northeastern.
Jul 29, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium ion battery waste used in biodiesel production from discarded vegetable oil
The production of biodiesel from vegetable oil has been around for more than 150 years, and the approach significantly reduces several pollutants associated with burning fossil fuels. Vegetable oils, however, can be notoriously ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Robot waiters take Iraq's Mosulites back to the future
From the rubble of Iraq's war-ravaged city of Mosul arises the sight of androids gliding back and forth in a restaurant to serve their amused clientele.
Nov 22, 2021
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Internet
AT&T is bringing high-speed fiber internet to 750 McDonald's restaurants
Dallas-based telecommunications giant AT&T is partnering with fast food chain McDonald's U.S. to bring high-speed business fiber internet to 750 restaurants.
Jul 13, 2022
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This tech firm aims to deliver food more cheaply than DoorDash or UberEats
Just two companies, DoorDash and UberEats—both based in San Francisco—arrange five out of every six restaurant meal deliveries in the U.S.
Jun 8, 2022
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Virtual restaurants grow with TikTok Kitchen, Tijuana Flats' Smack Wings
Orlando restaurateur Robert Earl plans to offer eateries a chance to serve a delivery-only menu based on trends from the popular short video app TikTok in 2022, just the latest twist in the growing virtual restaurant trend.
Jan 5, 2022
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Seattle cracks down on food delivery apps with one of the strictest laws in country
During the pandemic, restaurants around Seattle started to notice they were getting more food orders from different versions of their menus that sometimes dated as far back as 2014. Worse, when the kitchens couldn't fulfill ...
Sep 13, 2021
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Are robot waiters the future? Some restaurants think so
You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the kitchen. Some have cat-like faces and even purr when ...
Apr 6, 2023
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