Kicker - Robot relief

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Restaurants trying to bounce back after the shutdowns now have another obstacle: not enough people willing to work.

So a restaurant in Stockton, California hired a robot.

The Sugar Mediterranean Bistro’s General Manager Ana Ortiz told KOVR-tv ...

ORTIZ: It is a life saver. You know, it helps us bring out all of the food.

The robot looks kinda like Rosie from The Jetsons, a rack of food service trays rolling around the restaurant. That way, humans don’t have to run back and forth from the kitchen during the lunch hour rush.

Ortiz doesn’t plan to move to an all-robot staff, though.

ORTIZ: We don’t want to give that up. We love to see our people. We love to see their faces.

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