An curved arrow pointing right. The Robot Restaurant in Tokyo is one of the most intriguing shows in the world. The cabaret-style show has live music, dancing, singing, and, of course, robots.

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This partnership aims to deploy autonomous sidewalk robots, set to begin delivering Uber Eats orders in designated areas of Tokyo as early as March. Japan ... Many well-known restaurant chains ...

Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas ...

their visit to Tokyo. And, finally, a third robot brings them their coffee, carrying a tray to the table. As would be expected from a country that has been pioneering advances in this field since the ...