By KUMIKO NAKATSUKA/ Staff Writer
March 4, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Robot waiters manipulated by people with disabilities serve customers on Jan. 21 at a cafe in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward. (Provided by Ory Lab Inc.)
Maya Sakai, who has spinal muscular atrophy and feared becoming isolated at home, expects that use of robot avatars will create jobs for severely disabled people like herself after operating a “robot waitress” in January. [Read More]
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