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In a clip for BBC’s Click, Spencer Kelly pays a visit to an automated waiter-less sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.
The restaurant he dubs “smarter than the average eatery” has a touchscreen ordering system for each table, a regular conveyor belt, a high-speed conveyor belt for requests that aren’t available on the regular conveyor belt, and a chute for dirty plates—which is why it needs no serving staff.
With the help of a computer that monitors the number of customers eating, chefs in the kitchen would be in the know of the dishes that need to be prepared for the regular conveyor belt, or special requests that come in.
When patrons finish eating, they just need to send the plates one-by-one down a chute at the edge of their table—which automatically sends it for washing; and based on the number of plates, the bill would be tallied.
[via BBC]
In a clip for BBC’s Click, Spencer Kelly pays a visit to an automated waiter-less sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.
The restaurant he dubs “smarter than the average eatery” has a touchscreen ordering system for each table, a regular conveyor belt, a high-speed conveyor belt for requests that aren’t available on the regular conveyor belt, and a chute for dirty plates—which is why it needs no serving staff.
With the help of a computer that monitors the number of customers eating, chefs in the kitchen would be in the know of the dishes that need to be prepared for the regular conveyor belt, or special requests that come in.
When patrons finish eating, they just need to send the plates one-by-one down a chute at the edge of their table—which automatically sends it for washing; and based on the number of plates, the bill would be tallied.
[via BBC]