It's a scene reminiscent of restaurants in China or Japan
. But these humanoid robots are in fact serving food
in Kenya's capital Nairobi, a city already known as
a tech hub and dubbed the Silicon Savannah. Robotic
servers have been a common sight in parts of Asia
for years. And it was while traveling there,
that robot cafe founder Mohammed Abbas was inspired. We
try to become a part of the sophisticated technology in
the world being my first time student, Caroline Jadida
was intrigued. So I came here to get the
experience and I can see everything is ok. The
robots are programmed to greet and serve customers that is
in a country with a high unemployment rate. But
waitress Ruth Wu says the robot cafe's human staff don't
feel threatened by their mechanical colleagues. I have to
go pick the order because the robots can't. Secondly
, the robots do not do the clearance. We
personally do the clearance. Thirdly, the robots also
do not cook. So it's the chefs and stuff
. So yeah, there's a lot that the humans
are doing that the robots can't, but there is
one other thing they can do. Sing Happy Birthday
to a customer.