In late 2015, flying robot waiters will be a reality in Singapore

It’s finally happening – robots are slowly but surely taking over the world. By the end of next year, flying robots created by Infinium Robotics will serve you beer at one of the five outlets owned by Singapore’s most popular restaurant cum bar chains, Timbre Group.

Infinium Robotics CEO Woon Junyang tells Today Online that the cost of creating and deploying these robotic waiters – dubbed the “Infinium-Serve” – is estimated to be a “low seven-figure sum” for the five outlets. These costs will be defrayed by productivity-related government grants that the two parties are looking to get.

Singapore has been facing a labour crunch – especially in the service sector, which makes up about two-thirds of the economy – due in part to stricter foreign worker restrictions that have been imposed year-on-year in the island-state’s recent history. Woon believes that robotic solutions will be the key to alleviating the problem, by taking away the mundane tasks and freeing up human labor to focus on other important tasks.

“This will result in an enhanced dining experience, which will eventually lead to increased sales and revenue for the restaurants,” he says.

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