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A new robot cafe in Tokyo allows people with disabilities to control robots to serve customers
A new robot cafe has appeared in Tokyo. It’s not like like famous Shinjuku robot restaurant where there is wild music and human performers with a robotic theme to it. No, at Dawn Avatar Robot cafe there are real robots that serve customers. Here’s the unique catch - the humanoid robots offer more job opportunities for disabled workers.
The robots are operated via the internet and serve as an avatar for people who struggle to leave their homes due to a disability or other reasons. It opens up at a perfect time - during the COVID pandemic when people with health conditions might find it hard to leave to their homes, but must continue to work.
Ory Lab is behind this ingenious idea, as its own CEO Kentaro Yoshifuji was bedridden in a hospital for 3 years. This Japanese robotics company is striving to make a more accessible society - especially in Japan where traditional working conditions or the physical risks of navigating a hectic city like Tokyo could make it hard for people with disabilities to work in.
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