The Disco-Blasting Robot Waiters of 1980s Pasadena | Paleofuture - 0 views
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Kevin DiVico on 23 Apr 12n 1983, a Chinese fast-food restaurant in Pasadena, California hired a curious-looking pair of servers: two robots named Tanbo R-1 and Tanbo R-2. At 4.5 feet tall and 180 pounds, the robots would scoot around; bringing trays of chow mein, spareribs and fortune cookies to customers' tables.