KANNUR: Aleena, Helen and Jane are not conventional waitresses. They are a bit too ‘sophisticated’ in their looks, attitude and the way they serve as they are not made of flesh and blood. Yes, you guessed it right! They are robots.It is their robotic presence that makes a new outlet, Be@Kiwizo, to be opened in Kannur on Sunday, different from others restaurants.“The concept of a robot waitress is being introduced in a restaurant for the first time in Kerala , though it is there in some foreign countries and also places like Chennai, and we hope to make it a new experience,” said actor Maniyanpilla Raju, under whose leadership the new venture is coming up.Since it is difficult to get manpower in the hospitality industry, the use of robots could revolutionise the industry and it is also expected to attract more customers, he said.“Once this is finalized, we have plans to expand it further in other places,” he said.The group entered into the hospitality industry a few months ago with a mobile app, Kiwizo Food Delivery, to deliver food and then the decision was taken to expand it, said Nizamudhin C V and wife Sajma, who are partners in the project.“Though we are settled in the Gulf, we have not seen anything like robots in the role of waiter. So when we thought of the possibility of leveraging the technological advancements in the hospitality industry, we felt robots would be a good idea, as it is very rare in India,” said Nizamudhin.In this restaurant, the robots would serve the food they bring from the kitchen and a special electronic track has been set up to enable them to move to each table. The tray containing food has to be given to them from the kitchen. There is an RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) token near every table and the robots would identify each table using this and serve the food there once the table number is fed.Though they can move freely, here they have been programmed to move along a pre-defined track. Also they would talk in English, but will not respond verbally, said Vineeth M K, another partner who handles the technology aspect of the project.