Tokyo robot cafe offers new spin on disability inclusion

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Tokyo robot cafe offers new spin on disability inclusion
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Domo arigato, Mr Roboto.

It was originally supposed to open last year to coincide with the Paralympics, but the opening was postponed by the pandemic – just like the Games, which begin on Tuesday.

And there’s even a barista robot in a brown apron at the bar that can make coffee with a French press.But the robots are largely a medium through which workers can communicate with customers. Other operators have a range of different abilities, including some Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients who use eye movements on a special digital panel to send signals to the robots.

He established the cafe with support from major companies and crowd-funding, and says the experiment is about more than robots. Since Tokyo won the bid to host the Games in 2013 it has touted efforts to make public facilities more accessible.

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