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Home-built robots draw diners to a Karachi restaurant
Two robots serve diners at The Sicilian in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.
Engineer Syed Osama Aziz built Robia and Jojo through his robotics company, using mostly locally made parts and some imported electronics.
The robots carry food to tables, but customers must take it from the tray themselves or wait for a human staff member to help.
Robots are more common in restaurants in China and other parts of East Asia, but they remain unusual in Pakistan.
Their novelty is drawing families and curious visitors, and restaurant staff say customer numbers have grown.
Aziz hopes to add camera and image-processing features so the robots can recognize customers, recall past orders and suggest food.
Two home-built robots are serving diners at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi, Pakistan.
Engineer and restaurant founder Syed Osama Aziz developed the robots, Robia and Jojo, through his robotics company, Cobot.
The robots use mostly locally made parts, though some electronic components were imported.
They attract families and curious visitors, and restaurant staff say the novelty has increased business.
Customers take food from the robots’ trays themselves or wait for a human staff member to help.
Aziz hopes to add camera and image-processing features so the robots can recognise customers and remember their orders.
- Who
- Engineer and restaurant founder Syed Osama Aziz built the robots, Robia and Jojo. They serve customers at The Sicilian.
- What
- Two home-built robots serve food and draw curious diners to the restaurant.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Why
- The robots were developed to serve customers and are also attracting visitors as a novelty.
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Robia and Jojo were developed by Syed Osama Aziz through his robotics company, Cobot.
The robots began serving customers at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi.
Restaurant staff reported that the robots’ novelty had increased customer visits.
- Robots
- Robia and Jojo
- Restaurant
- The Sicilian
- City
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Developer
- Syed Osama Aziz
- Workshop
- Multan, Punjab province
- Robot components
- Mostly locally made, with some electronic components imported from abroad
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What people are saying
The equipment, the things needed to make robots, are not so easily available here, so we had to arrange them
The best thing about it is that it introduces itself
because it is a machine and without any emotions
Our business has grown. People are coming from far away for this. They have seen a robot for the first time here.