Food for thought: AI robots serving up burgers for restaurant customers

In this on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, photo, a customer picks up a takeaway bag with food from a robot at No Brand Burger in Seoul, South Korea. These robotic services, with not a single face-to-face interaction, have been seen as a selling point amid the coronavirus pandemic and its restrictions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A burger outlet in the South Korean capital is a little different from typical fast food restaurants – its key staff are robots.

From order to pick-up, customers do not need a single face-to-face interaction. All they need to do is to click the menu they want on a kiosk touchscreen, pay and wait for a serving robot to bring their takeaway bag to the pick-up spot.