Robot serves customers in a high-tech highway restaurant in Chongqing

A robot has started serving customers at a high-tech highway restaurant in Chongqing, reports Chongqing Evening News.

Amy the robot serves customers at a high-tech highway restaurant in Chongqing. [File Photo: Chongqing Evening News]

After greeting customers at the entrance, the robot named Amy delivers meals to customers. Amy has an in-built navigation system with radar sensors that allow it to plan the best route to its destination, avoiding obstacles such as customers and the restaurant's human employees.

Customers place orders on an intelligent table in a high-tech highway restaurant in Chongqing. The table doubles as a touch pad, allowing diners to order their dishes and check out with a mobile payment app on their phones, such as Alipay or WeChat Pay. [File Photo: cqnews.net]

Orders are placed at two tables that double as giant touch screens. After they have ordered their food, diners can pay using a mobile payment app such as Alipay or WeChat Pay.

While waiting for their order, customers can use the special tables to play games, read the news, and check the traffic and weather conditions for their journey ahead.

This special restaurant is part of Chongqing's "smart highway rest stop" plan. Local authorities are trying to promote the automated model to the city's other service stations.