Bella the Cat

[TheOstrich]

Darndest thing! Never seen anything like it before.

We visited the Portland Heights Hotel, on the Isle of Portland by Weymouth, today and popped into the Cafe / Bistro there for a snack - jacket potato each with salad and fillings, plus coffees £29.80.
And we served by a robot!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/r ... &FORM=VIRE

The "cat" bumbled out of the kitchen and first brought our coffees to the table. It manouvered a little as I stood up to relieve it of its mugs, sugar and spoons, chatting away to me as I did so, then I had to press "Finish" on the device's screen - it said "Bye bye" and bumbled off! 10 minutes later, it was back with the jacket spuds and accompaniments.

They must programme it by the table number; it moves at just shy of walking pace and deftly avoids people and furniture.

When we left, it was sitting snoozing in the corridor to the kitchen - the cat-face display showed "z z z z z" !!

[Suff]

Yes bots are a real thing.

These are proving the hardware whilst also working on the autonomy.

https://x.com/Tesla_Optimus/status/1922 ... 67/video/1

Now watch this. This is totally autonomous, people who work on bots are unanimous that not crushing the box is about the hardest thing it did.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mSqDQj0n4fU

The future is already here and it is improving full throttle.

[JoM]

Did you leave it a tip?

[TheOstrich]

Fascinating, Suff. Obviously "Bella" is nothing like as sophisticated, but it's certainly a brave new world out there ....

No I didn't Jo. Just a packet of Whiskas ....

[cruiser2]

THere are twogirls serving at the cafe I go to in Chorley.

I cannot see them being replaced by robots.

I have ben in an M & S cafe where you had to orderon a big screen. I had toget an assistance to help me as I did not know what to do.

I like chatting face to face with people.

[Suff]

Fascinating, Suff. Obviously "Bella" is nothing like as sophisticated, but it's certainly a brave new world out there ....

No I didn't Jo. Just a packet of Whiskas ....

It is a brave new world Ossie.

The new Tesla Robotaxi service which is trialling in Austin Texas asks for a tip and if you click yes it says "just kidding".

I'm sure the bot is looking at the whiskas going "which cat do I give this to....."

[cromwell]

Crikey.
Less jobs though.
I'm like Cruiser, I prefer the human touch.

Can Rachel Reeves charge the restaurant owner National Insurance for the bot??

[JoM]

Fascinating, Suff. Obviously "Bella" is nothing like as sophisticated, but it's certainly a brave new world out there ....

No I didn't Jo. Just a packet of Whiskas ....

It is a brave new world Ossie.

The new Tesla Robotaxi service which is trialling in Austin Texas asks for a tip and if you click yes it says "just kidding".

I'm sure the bot is looking at the whiskas going "which cat do I give this to....."

We were in LA earlier in the year and regularly saw the Waymo taxis driving themselves around.
It was interesting - and quite surreal - to see them moving through the heavy traffic whilst knowing that no one was behind the wheel.

[Workingman]

That C3PO lookalike would never get a job at the local VUE cinema complex. The locals can dish out more portions in a fraction of the time and without spilling any. If you were sixth or seventh in the C3PO queue your portion would be past its sell-by date or the film half finished by the time you got served.

As for Bella... So, a human in the kitchen makes the meal, puts it on a tray then puts it on Bella. Bella then, very slowly and carefully, delivers your tray to your table where you either take out the tray or unload the items onto your table and put the tray back. Easy if your order is on the top shelf, not so convenient if it's on the bottom or middle. But, Bella took so much time delivering your items that your coffee has gone cold and your ice-cream melted.

I remember the days when you took a tray and put it on the slider. As you went along it was 'one of those, two of these, two of those, one of these, oh and I must have one of those'. Get to the end and the person on the till took your cash and off you went to find a table.

Cynical old me prefers the old ways.

[Kaz]

Did you leave it a tip?

You beat me to it Jo!

I guess it's the future