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restaurant robot rebels

2026-03-23 23:57:25.770121+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

I have never been to a Benihana or similar, but if you're gonna mix performance and food, robots going apeshit, throwing sauces all over, and breaking silverware may be the thing that gets me into an international chain restaurant...

Watch this restaurant robot malfunction and scatter tableware during live performance.

Just look at the wait staff trying to find the setting on the app to turn the thing off. You know they're thinking about the staff meeting where this was introduced, and how this is gonna play with the management that let this happen...

Via.

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#Comment Re: made: 2026-03-24 22:30:23.379377+01 by: Mars Saxman

I've been to the Haidilao branch in Seattle, which also uses robots - but they are armless delivery robots, like a tall roomba, which simply drive up to your table carrying whatever you've ordered. Kinda cute, actually. Not so much room for trouble as the ones in the video!

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