Flying robots to start serving in restaurants by end-2015

[CityFarmer]

I am thinking how to prevent my kid to disturb the robots while serving? It is a magnet for the kids, I guess...

Flying robots to start serving in restaurants by end-2015

SINGAPORE — Restaurant-goers can expect to be served by autonomous flying robots — a world’s first commercial attempt — by the end of the next year.

Infinium Robotics Pte Ltd chief executive officer Woon Junyang signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Edward Chia, managing director of Timbre Group, on Oct 31 this year.

Infinium-Serve, the autonomous flying robotic waiters, will be first launched at one of Timbre Group’s five outlets in Singapore. Mr Woon estimated the project cost to be a “low seven-figure sum” for the five outlets, but subjected to final negotiations and certain variables of the actual deployment of the robots.

Both Infinium Robotics and the Timbre Group are seeking productivity-related government grants to help offset deployment costs.
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http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fly...s-end-2015

[brattzz]

This is a total waste of grants, i wonder who is the gov body that approves this! ....getting drones to be waiters...
Drones are better deployed for out-door activities, promos, events...etc..

A simple conveyor belt can serve well as proven by Sakae Sushi...

sometimes i wonder what are our gov thinking??!!

7 digits somemore!!

[sgd]

it's called FPV if you haven't heard or first person viewers radio-controlled planes they come in quadcopters or airplane model with mounted videocam usually go-pro, the flying models some can cost as much as over $3000 basic models usually several hundred.

Before you go out and buy one I read somewhere IDA is monitoring radio frequency people have been told to stop flying FPV but seems like rotorcopters are allowed so not sure about rules.

[sgd]

[sgd]

[yeokiwi]

This is a total waste of grants, i wonder who is the gov body that approves this! ....getting drones to be waiters...
Drones are better deployed for out-door activities, promos, events...etc..

A simple conveyor belt can serve well as proven by Sakae Sushi...

sometimes i wonder what are our gov thinking??!!

7 digits somemore!!

Yes. agree. The copters are not matured enough nor suitable to do the job yet. It looks cool in the video but when one is flying near you, the sound and the downdraft will drive fear into most people.
Not to mention that any motor will fail suddenly and the copter will fall like a rock.

And, one big bowl of soup is easily 3-4kg. You can imagine the amount of air that needs to be displaced in order to lift the whole copter+soup.

[sgd]

it's ultimately for control, there's a lot of privacy issues. They intro the commercial model, deliver your mail deliver your soup then once people get used to it they find justification for law enforcement surveillance use.

They already going to use this in the US and for law enforcement. The coming rise of the machines.

http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2012/s3582815.htm

[brattzz]

http://www.amazon.com/DJI-Phantom-Vision...ords=drone

I have seen one in action at Funan Centre, not easy to control...

[Harvest Time]

Try monkey.

Monkey Business: Monkeys as Waiters in Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v...7eH8&gl=SG

[swakoo]

This is a total waste of grants, i wonder who is the gov body that approves this! ....getting drones to be waiters...
Drones are better deployed for out-door activities, promos, events...etc..

A simple conveyor belt can serve well as proven by Sakae Sushi...

sometimes i wonder what are our gov thinking??!!

7 digits somemore!!

Yes. agree. The copters are not matured enough nor suitable to do the job yet. It looks cool in the video but when one is flying near you, the sound and the downdraft will drive fear into most people.
Not to mention that any motor will fail suddenly and the copter will fall like a rock.

And, one big bowl of soup is easily 3-4kg. You can imagine the amount of air that needs to be displaced in order to lift the whole copter+soup.

For the sceptical, take a look at this fascinating 16 mins demo video of quadcopters recorded 1.5 yrs ago:

The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

The algorithms controlling the quadcopters will ensure no food or liquid is spilt.