Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s ...

Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s ...

A robot greeted me at the entrance and explained how the cafe works, then I spoke to my robot waiter and with the mini robots by the bar. 'Because I can speak Japanese, I was able to learn about ...

The first step towards achieving that goal is a cafe entirely staffed by maid robots who have unique and individual personalities. Through the support of the INNO-vation Program sponsored by Japan's ...

Instead, Japan unfolds like a novel, or maybe a manga comic, our 17 days jammed with pig cafes, tea ceremonies, bullet trains and robot cafes. For our children, aged nine, 11 and 13, it was their ...

The cafe opened in 2021 at a time when Japan had in place a series of strict rules around social distancing in public, though it never underwent a full Covid-19 lockdown.

At the Dawn cafe in central Toyko, diners are greeted as they come in the door not by a person, but by a robot avatar. It has a friendly voice, two arms with which to gesticulate for emphasis, and ...

Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s ...