A pizzeria in Rhode Island has now added a robot to its serving staff.
Bill Kitsilis, co-owner of Angelo’s Palace Pizza, said that he bought the Servi robot to help relieve his staff from a lot of the extra restaurant work, according to UPI.
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"When we're really busy, our expediter is always yelling out, 'runners, runners,' looking for people to run food and our servers are busy," Kitsilis said to WJAR-TV.
The robot is programmed to know the layout of the restaurant, so Servi is able to act as a server just by entering the table number it needs to go to.
"I feel like if my servers are able to spend more face-to-face time with the guests instead of running back and forth in the restaurant, just makes the job easier," Kitsilis said.
Angelo’s Palace Pizza currently has a “name our robot” contest going on. The winner will receive a $100 gift card.
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