Demand for service robots set to surge in China amid Covid-19

OrionStar's latest robot barista was launched on Sept 25 and can brew a cup of pour-over coffee in three minutes.
OrionStar's latest robot barista was launched on Sept 25 and can brew a cup of pour-over coffee in three minutes. ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG
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With the push of a button, the big white robot lights up and its spindly arms spring to life, grinding coffee beans and boiling a flask of hot water.

It takes 261 individual movements and three minutes for the Robotic Coffee Master - which resembles a Michelin man but with unusually long arms - to brew a cup of pour-over coffee.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 05, 2020, with the headline Demand for service robots set to surge in China amid Covid-19. Subscribe