CES 2020: Restaurant cat robot meows at dining customers

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It speeds a roll of toilet paper on demand to bathrooms that have run out of the stuff.</p><p>One expert said it was likely that robots exhibited at CES would only continue to get more bizarre in the future.</p><div id="bbccom_mpu_1_2_3" class="bbccom_slot mpu-ad" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="bbccom_advert"> <script type="text/javascript"> /**/ (function() { if (window.bbcdotcom && bbcdotcom.adverts && bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync) { bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync('mpu', [1,2,3]); } })(); /**/ </script> </div> </div><p>BellaBot, the table-waiting robot cat, is a service bot with personality.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Two BellaBot robots in a restaurant" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/67FC/production/_110402662_bella4.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">PuduTech</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> The device has four trays, each capable of bearing up to 10kg of grub </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>It <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fyyj2G4efQ" class="story-body__link-external">updates a previous model</a> that had a more utilitarian design. BellaBot, in contrast, features a screen showing cat-face animations. </p><p>It mews when it arrives at tables to encourage customers to pick up their food.</p><ul class="story-body__unordered-list"> <li class="story-body__list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50952021" class="story-body__link">Preview of tomorrow's tech on show in Las Vegas</a></li> <li class="story-body__list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50988743" class="story-body__link">CES chief defends invite for Ivanka Trump</a></li> </ul><p>And if the diners stroke BellaBot's ears, it initially reacts with pleasure.</p><p>"The owner's hand is so warm," the bot is programmed to say in response. </p><p>But if customers continue petting it for too long, its expression changes.</p><p>"It gets mad to remind you not to interrupt its job," explains the firm.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="A customer stroking the robot's ear" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/14E74/production/_110402658_bella3.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">PuduTech</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> BellaBot becomes irate if diners rub its ears for too long </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>The Chinese company is targeting the machine at restaurant owners in China, who often struggle to employ enough waiting staff, according to PuduTech.</p><p>The firm's existing robots are already in use at 2,000 restaurants worldwide.</p><p>It plans to show off the new device at a booth designed to look like a futuristic restaurant when the CES show floor opens on Tuesday.</p><p>But BellaBot may find it harder to operate in the real world, commented tech consultant Paolo Pescatore from PP Foresight, because of the challenge of navigating restaurants at busy times.</p><p>He added, however, that restaurants are expected to become increasingly dependent on automation in one form or another.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="The UBTECH Walker robot pulling a yoga pose" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/7ABC/production/_110402413_yoga1.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">UBTECH</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> It does yoga - but Walker will not buy you a quinoa salad afterwards </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>UBTech's newly-updated Walker bot is also being shown off at CES this year.</p><p>The model can <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315/https://youtu.be/ypsnpNujnAw?t=145" class="story-body__link-external">perform a series of Tai Chi and yoga poses</a>, demonstrating a "huge improvement in motion control", according to its maker.</p><p>"It's continuously tracking its overall centre of gravity throughout the yoga positions - the kind of dynamic [artificial intelligence] you would expect of a robot that 'lives' in your home alongside your family, going up and down stairs, carrying heavy objects for you," explains UBTech spokesman Jeff Gordon.</p><p>Walker's other abilities including being able to push a cart, draw pictures and pour liquid into a cup.</p><p>And Procter & Gamble's American loo roll business, Charmin, has attracted a flurry of attention with an unusual droid designed to complement toilets and bathrooms: RollBot.</p><p>"Imagine yourself there, you've run out of toilet tissue, nobody hears your call," P&G researcher Gregg Weaver told the BBC.</p><p>"The robot will find you in the home and deliver you a fresh roll."</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Charmin's RollBot on display at CES" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200107104315oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/391C/production/_110402641_a2dbd557-be8a-49b9-94c7-ab1dbcf4a322.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> RollBot answers nature's call </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>RollBot is summoned via Bluetooth on a smartphone.</p><p>However, P&G currently has no plans to make it commercially available - 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