Plato hasn’t won over everyone in Estacada, Oregon, highlighting the divide between businesses struggling to stay afloat and a customer base skeptical of change.
The three-and-a-half-foot-tall robot spun and paused, presenting them with their lunch.
“I had no clue that people would literally not want to come to the restaurant because I had a robot,” Cazadero owner Sherry Andrus told Fox News.Since then, Oregon’s minimum wage has increased by nearly four dollars to $14.20 per hour.Plato, United Robotics Group’s hospitality-oriented “cobiot,” hasn’t won over everyone in Estacada, Oregon.
So Andrus flew to the Bar & Restaurant Expo in Las Vegas in March with the main purpose of exploring whether robots could take on some of the burden.“I had no clue that people would literally not want to come to the restaurant because I had a robot,” Sherry Andrus explained.“I love robots and what they can do,” she said with a wide smile. “I think they’re kind of cute and kind of fun.”But hundreds of angry comments poured in.
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