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Small businesses turn to serving robots to ease rising labour costs
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- Serving robots are spreading rapidly across restaurants, cafés, hospitals, hotels and welfare facilities, reports said.
- Small business owners are facing staff recruitment difficulties and rising labour costs, and some outlets said the time from ordering to serving has been reduced.
- Experts say route optimisation and determining an appropriate number of robots are necessary, and suppliers reportedly offer customised consultations.
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