JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rude customers, long hours, fear of catching COVID — just some of the reasons why restaurant workers have been quitting and restaurant owners are struggling to survive. I know ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — While the thought of a robot delivering food and drink at a restaurant may hearken images straight out of a Star Wars cantina, the droid helping wait tables at one Frederick ...

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the ...

ESTACADA, Ore. – Diners watched, bemused, as Plato approached their table. The three-and-a-half-foot-tall robot spun and paused, presenting them with their lunch. No one moved, unsure of what would ...

A robot may be greeting you at the door during your next visit to Chili’s Grill & Bar. Addressing his company’s partnership with Bear Robotics, Brinker International SVP of Innovation Wade Allen told ...

Robot waiters are proving to be beneficial for one Florida restaurant chain whose CEO claims they’re leading to larger tips for human servers. Sergio’s Restaurant president and CEO Carlos Gazitua ...

When Arvi Sabherwal, owner of Toast – Indian & Asian Fusion in Zephyr Cove, took over the restaurant in November of 2022 he wasn’t anticipating the large challenge that many other local restaurants ...

Are you ready for a robot restaurant revolution? In Los Angeles, two robot wok restaurants with nearly identical menus, packaging and promises of fresh, affordable food fast, are vying for our hearts, ...

It’s lunchtime and Peanut, the restaurant robot host, greets Vicki and Troy Charlton with a digital eye wink and a cheerful squeak: “Here you are! Please follow me to your table!” The four-foot-tall ...

China has built a robot restaurant for next month’s Winter Olympics to help minimize contact as part of measures to reduce coronavirus infections at the event. But banish from your mind any thoughts ...

Deep in Tokyo's Shinjuku district is a place of wonder and technology, an explosive spectacle of robots, glitz and lasers: the Robot Restaurant. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...