Odisha's first robotic restaurant: two robot waiters to serve meals to customers

Bhubaneswar, October 17, 2019, Thursday

When the doors opened on Wednesday evening at a restaurant here, two robots working as waiters were seen serving customers for breakfast at the restaurant. Thus, this restaurant in Chandrasekharapura of Bhubaneswar became the first robot-operated restaurant in eastern India.

Two robots named Champa and Chameli joined a restaurant in Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar. He had the ingredients served according to the orders of customers waiting for the meal. After serving customers both robots asked '

You are happy to believe '(are you happy?) This phrase was made very popular by the state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in campaigning for the 2019 elections.

Jeet Bassa, a restaurant owner with a civil engineer's degree, said that during his visit to the United States, he had the idea of ​​serving a robot. 'There are several restaurants in India where robots serve customers.

But our restaurant is the only restaurant where there is no special track for them. They can go anywhere. Besides, our posse robots were made in India unlike other restaurants while others imported such robots from China.

Basa said that the robot used in this restaurant used the Simultanious Localization and Mapping (Salem), which did not require any guided paths or environmental improvements.

'There are 17 types of sensors installed in these robots that absorb the atmosphere, heat, smoke and even individuals. They welcome customers and also greet them. After charging this robot, they can work for up to eight hours continuously and each one costs Rs 1.5 lakh.

The robot can take orders from customers. But we will have our staff with them, "he said.