In the historical city of Multan, better known for its centuries-old Sufi shrines, mango orchards and handicrafts, an upscale pizza restaurant deployed Pakistan¡¯s first robot waitresses serving up smiles for customers.
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Rabia, Annie and Jennie greet customers and bring them their pies at Pizza.com, where owner Osama Jafari -- who built the prototypes himself -- says the response has been a surge of new business.
"We went to a lot of places, but my uncle said that in this restaurant a robot serves and when the robot served us pizza we felt very happy," customer Osama Ahmed, 12, told AFP.
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"It is an innovation," another customer, Hamid Bashir said. "It feels good to be served like that and it is a good entertainment for the children."
Jafari said he drew inspiration from robot waiters in China and started working on a prototype with the support of his parents.
Jafari said he sourced and fabricated all parts for the robots locally, building them for 600,000 rupees ($6,000).