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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/robot-restaurant-opens-in-china.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Human workers refill a robot waiter serving portions of snacks and sauces at a restaurant in Jinan, China" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-robot-restaurant-opens-in-china.jpg" alt="Human workers refill a robot waiter serving portions of snacks and sauces at a restaurant in Jinan, China"/></a></p>
<p>Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at China&#8217;s Dalu Robot restaurant.</p>
<p>The hotpot meals are not yet as famous as the staff, who never lose their patience and never take tips.</p>
<p>The restaurant, which opened this month in Jinan in the northern Shandong province, is touted as China&#8217;s first robot hotpot eatery where robots resembling Star Wars droids circle the room carrying trays of food in a conveyor belt-like system.</p>
<p>More than a dozen robots operate in the restaurant as entertainers, servers, greeters and receptionists. Each robot has a motion sensor that tells it to stop when someone is in its path so customers can reach for dishes they want.</p>
<p>The service industry in China has not always kept up with the country&#8217;s rapid economic growth and can be quite basic in some restaurants, leading customers in the Dalu restaurant to praise the robots.</p>
<p>&#8220;They have a better service attitude than humans,&#8221; said Li Xiaomei, 35, who was visiting the restaurant for the first time.</p>
<p>&#8220;Humans can be temperamental or impatient, but they don&#8217;t feel tired, they just keep working and moving round and round the restaurant all night.&#8221;</p>
<p>Inspired by space exploration, robot technology and global innovation, the restaurant&#8217;s owner, Zhang Yongpei, said he hoped his restaurant would show the world China was a serious competitor in developing technology.</p>
<p>&#8220;I hope this new concept shows that China is forward-thinking and innovative,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Mr Zhang said he hoped to roll out 30 robots &#8211; which cost £3,870 each &#8211; in the coming months and eventually develop ones with human-like qualities that serve customers at their table and can walk up and down the stairs.</p>
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