Robots deliver dishes to customers at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

Two of the 20 robots at the Robot Restaurant hustle meals along the cafe's track.

A robot delivers a dish to customers at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

Unlike veteran waiters, there's no balancing five dishes on one arm with these mechanical guys.

A robot delivers French fries to customers at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

Wait, are those French fries? What kind of Chinese restaurant is this?

A robot, specialized to deliver food, holds a tray as a waiter puts dishes on it at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

They keep a few humans around, if only to blame when something goes wrong.

A boy touches a robot specialized to deliver drinks at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

Hey, kid — these gizmos cost up to $47,000. Hands off.

A robot, specialized in cooking, prepares Chinese dumplings at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

This mechanical Emeril's speciaty is jiaozi, or Chinese dumplings.

Customers watch a robot cooking dishes at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters

Customers peek in to see a robot preparing their order, or maybe to see if he's washed his hands.

A pedestrian looks at a robot, specialized in greeting people, outside a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China, January 12, 2013 (© Sheng Li/Newscom/Reuters)

Come on in, human! The service is a little robotic, but that's the point .

The dish on this robot restaurant? It's sci-fine dining

1/17/2013

Maybe you had some reservations about droid-prepared vittles when we introduced you to the Robot Restaurant last summer, but relax. This is a 5-star (Wars) dining experience. The cafe in Harbin, China, uses robots to serve and cook food — and even to entertain customers. That's right, there are singing waiters. One suggestion: Try to avoid a robot nearing the end of his five-hour shift, because his batteries will be running low and the soup may be cold by the time it reaches your table. But from the looks of these scenes inside the restaurant, these droids can do it all. And that includes figuring out the tip down to seven decimal places.

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