South Korean Tech Bosses Fret About A Flood Of Cheap Chinese Robot Waiters

 

South Korean Tech Bosses Fret About A Flood Of Cheap Chinese Robot Waiters

  • South Korean restaurants are using AI robots to cope with labor shortages.
  • Robots made in China are vastly cheaper than those from South Korea.
  • There are fears that the cut-price competition could hit Korea's robotics industry.

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    Tech executives in South Korea are concerned that a flood of cheap Chinese robots is undermining their own attempts to sell their own devices, a report says.

    South Korea has embraced robot waiters in restaurants as a response to labor shortages caused in part by a demographic crisis.

    Data from the Korean Association of Robot Industry shared with the Financial Times showed there were 5,000 server robots in Korean restaurants.

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