Robotic waiters and nurses drive China's unmanned economy

Need for less human-to-human contact pushes automation beyond factory floors

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A robot delivers food to diners at a restaurant, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, in Shanghai. © Reuters

SHIN WATANABE, Nikkei staff writer

DALIAN, China -- At a hotel in Shanghai, a staffer placed a packaged meal into a robotic waiter and entered the room number of a suspected coronavirus patient on the waiter's touch screen. The robot then automatically made its way to the room.

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