If you are planning to visit Singapore next year, don’t be surprised if you were greeted and served a sumptuous meal by flying robots as waiters in some restaurants.
Infinium-Serve, the autonomous flying robotic waiters, will be first launched at one of Timbre Group’s five outlets in Singapore. And, the restaurant-goers can expect to be served by these robots, the world’s first commercial attempt, by the end of next year, Channel Asia reported on Thursday.
According to Infinium Robotics CEO Woon Junyang, the project is estimated to cost a “low seven-figure sum” for the five outlets, depending upon final negotiations and certain variables of the actual deployment of the robots.
Infinium Robotics signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Timbre Group Oct 31. Both companies are seeking productivity-related government grants to help offset deployment costs. Woon said he is confident that such robotic solutions will help alleviate the Singapore’s labour crunch.