After Chennai and Hyderabad first employed robots as waiters, Shivamogga city in Karnataka has followed suit.

According to New Indian Express, the restaurant at Vinoba Nagar in Shivamogga has employed a humanoid that interacts with customers in both Kannada and English. Owner Suhan Raghavendra of Upahara Darshini in Shivamogga said that the humanoid is made in China and is fully automatic and is manufactured solely to serve in restaurants.

Suhan and his father Raghavendra bought the humanoid from a private company in Vijayawada for Rs 5.5 lakh, reports the New Indian Express.

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In Chennai, the eatery is located Mugilivakkam Porur and has a team of seven robots designed in blue and white.

#WATCH: Robo Kitchen, a first of its kind restaurant in Hyderabad, has robots to serve food to the customers. They have been named 'Beauty Serving Robot'. The restaurant currently has 4 robots and they need to be charged for 3 hours to last a day. pic.twitter.com/ua2lVuuOfX — ANI (@ANI) 9 February 2019

The same concept has now gained popularity in Hyderabad and robot waiters at a Jubliee Hills, restaurant has become the 'in thing'.