https://thespoon.tech/alibaba-opens-robot-restaurant-as-automation-expands-around-the-globe/ Alibaba has opened up a highly automated restaurant in Shanghai, as robots continue to enter eateries around the globe. The Robot.he restaurant in the Hema supermarket uses a series of apps, QR codes, and robots to provide a futuristic dining experience (hat tip to Axios ). The Hema app tells customers where to sit in the restaurant and is used to pay for meals as well as to order more food once seated. Once the food is ready, small pod-like robots scurry out on shiny tracks to deliver it straight to the table. While there is a ton of technology at play here, Hema still relies on humans for much of the work. From the video (see below), staff on-hand helps with the selection of seafood, and there are human cooks making the meals. Alibaba’s news site, Alizila , didn’t say exactly when the restaurant opened, or provide much information regarding future...