Robots for a more inclusive labour in Tokyo

Since 2019 Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe has opened a chain of cafes in Tokyo where the waiters are Robots who are controlled by people with disabilities. These 1.20m robots can hear, see and speak with integrated microphones and cameras, while people with disabilities operate the most in the comfort of their homes. Immobilized people have had a great struggle finding jobs and their place in society, so this could pose as a great alternative for them. Most impressively they have worked with Ory Laboratory for creating an eye sensory control for people who are completely paralysed, so basically anyone with eye mobility can operate them. "We want to give people with low to none mobility opportunities to work" Kentaro Yoshifuji The idea came to Company co-founder Kentaro Yoshifuji from his own experience of being in a hospital bed for almost three years.