Tokyo cafe to open with robot waiters remotely controlled by disabled

A cafe will open in Tokyo's Akasaka district in November featuring robot waiters remotely controlled from home by people with severe physical disabilities.The cafe, which will open on weekdays from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7, will deploy OriHime-D robots controlled by disabled people with conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a form of motor neuron disease.The robot waiters, 1.2 meters tall and weighing 20 kilograms, will transmit video footage and audio via the internet, allowing their controllers to direct them from home via tablets or computers.At an event marking the OriHime-D's debu…READ FULL ARTICLE