How 'Mitra', a robot became friend of patients, kin in times of Covid-19

A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives. Mitra, meaning "friend" in Hindi, is best known for interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in 2017.

Mitra the robot helps COVID patients in India speak to loved ones

In an innovative move to modernise restaurant, a restaurant owner from South India, Tamil Nadu has employed <a href="http://www.wionews.com/business-economy/ges-2017-meet-mitra-the-humanoid-from-hyderabad-25378" target="_blank">robots</a> to serve food to the customers, a media report stated.&nbsp;

A Chinese restaurant in Chennai, located near the Old Mahabalipuram Road, was known&nbsp;for the&nbsp;authentic&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;food. However, the restaurant is&nbsp;now popular for&nbsp;&quot;one-of-a-kind&quot; waiters.

It has four robots who sever food to the customers.&nbsp;

The owner of the restaurant, Venkatesh, is a former IT employee.&nbsp;He has founded the restaurant in collaboration with another friend.&nbsp;

Venkatesh has imported four robots from China. Each of&nbsp;different colours pink, red, purple and blue.&nbsp;

He said that it took him three months to get the robots from China. It also included getting permissions from the customs department.&nbsp;

Every table in the restaurant has a tablet.&nbsp;The customers place their order by entering it into the tablet. The order reaches the cook in the kitchen who then sends it via robots.&nbsp;

The robots are also designed to understand Tamil.&nbsp;

The restaurant also has trained people to program the robots.&nbsp;

The owner of the restaurant said that the trend of robots restaurants is quite usual in Japan, Bangladesh and Western Countries too.&nbsp;

India already showcased <a href="http://www.wionews.com/business-economy/ges-2017-meet-mitra-the-humanoid-from-hyderabad-25378" target="_blank">country made robot &quot;Mitra&quot; </a>in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/live-updates-general-entrepreneurship-summit-25317" target="_blank">Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017</a>&nbsp;organised in Hyderabad

Mitra is a humanoid invented by a Bengaluru based company&nbsp;&quot;Invento Robotics&quot;.

It has been working in Canara Bank and PVR Cinemas in Bengaluru.The robot speaks to the customers, reviews their preferences based on previous purchases and suggests them for a perfect purchase.&nbsp;

Vishwanathan, owner of Mitra also added that the robot can be used as a customer service agent in multiple domains like banks, hospitals, airports, hotels.&nbsp;

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A Chinese restaurant in Chennai, located near the Old Mahabalipuram Road, was known?for the?authentic?Chinese?food. However, the restaurant is?now popular for?'one-of-a-kind' waiters

In an innovative move to modernise restaurant, a restaurant owner from South India, Tamil Nadu has employed robots to serve food to the customers, a media report stated. A Chinese restaurant in Chennai, located near the Old Mahabalipuram Road, was known for the authentic Chinese food. However, the restaurant is now popular for "one-of-a-kind" waiters. It has four robots who sever food to the customers. The owner of the restaurant, Venkatesh, is a former IT employee. He has founded the restaurant in collaboration with another friend. Venkatesh has imported four robots from China. Each of different colours pink, red, purple and blue. He said that it took him three months to get the robots from China. It also included getting permissions from the customs department. Every table in the restaurant has a tablet. The customers place their order by entering it into the tablet. The order reaches the cook in the kitchen who then sends it via robots. The robots are also designed to understand Tamil. The restaurant also has trained people to program the robots. The owner of the restaurant said that the trend of robots restaurants is quite usual in Japan, Bangladesh and Western Countries too. India already showcased country made robot "Mitra" in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 organised in Hyderabad Mitra is a humanoid invented by a Bengaluru based company "Invento Robotics". It has been working in Canara Bank and PVR Cinemas in Bengaluru.The robot speaks to the customers, reviews their preferences based on previous purchases and suggests them for a perfect purchase. Vishwanathan, owner of Mitra also added that the robot can be used as a customer service agent in multiple domains like banks, hospitals, airports, hotels.

Chennai restaurant uses robot to serve food

The <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/live-updates-general-entrepreneurship-summit-25317" target="_blank">Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017</a> organised in Hyderabad was inaugurated after PM Modi and <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/watch-india-an-inspiration-for-the-world-ivanka-trump-at-ges-2017-25369" target="_blank">advisor to the US president Ivanka Trump</a> pressed a button on robot &quot;Mitra&quot;.

Mitra is a humanoid invented by a Bengaluru based company&nbsp;&quot;Invento Robotics&quot;.

The founder of the company are Balaji Vishwanathan, Mahalakshmi Radhakrishnan, and Bharath Kumar.

Invento Robotics wants to &quot;Make in India&quot; for the world. The robots are being manufactured in Bengaluru.

Robot&nbsp;&quot;Mitra&quot; was developed in October 2016.&nbsp;

In 2015, the team made a robot which drew a lot of appreciation during a maker fair. The founders then realised that the concept can work better to inspire for &quot;Make in India&quot;.

The 5 ft tall humanoid has been designed with an ability of face detection, speech detection, face recognition, contextual support and autonomous navigation.&nbsp;

Its founder Vishwanathan said that Mitra is capable of helping businesses do better consumer targetting.&nbsp;

Mitra has been working in Canara Bank and PVR Cinemas in Bengaluru.The robot speaks to the customers, reviews their preferences based on previous purchases and suggests them for a perfect purchase.&nbsp;

Vishwanathan added that the robot can be used as a customer service agent in multiple domains like banks, hospitals, airports, hotels.&nbsp;

The founder further claims that Canara bank is planning to get robots work for them in 500 bank branches.&nbsp;

The company is currently funding itself by rentals and sales. The company&#39;s major revenue is earned by renting out Mitra which accounts for Rs 25,000- Rs 15,000.&nbsp;

The robot is rented out for wedding and birthday parties where the humanoid moves around playing songs and taking pictures.

The robot costs Rs 8 lakh.

The company will soon introduce a female version of the humanoid. It will be called &quot;Mitri&quot;. The only difference of the female humanoid will be its body design.

Mitra is a humanoid invented by a Bengaluru based company?'Invento Robotics'

The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 organised in Hyderabad was inaugurated after PM Modi and advisor to the US president Ivanka Trump pressed a button on robot "Mitra". Mitra is a humanoid invented by a Bengaluru based company "Invento Robotics". The founder of the company are Balaji Vishwanathan, Mahalakshmi Radhakrishnan, and Bharath Kumar. Invento Robotics wants to "Make in India" for the world. The robots are being manufactured in Bengaluru. Robot "Mitra" was developed in October 2016. In 2015, the team made a robot which drew a lot of appreciation during a maker fair. The founders then realised that the concept can work better to inspire for "Make in India". The 5 ft tall humanoid has been designed with an ability of face detection, speech detection, face recognition, contextual support and autonomous navigation. Its founder Vishwanathan said that Mitra is capable of helping businesses do better consumer targetting. Mitra has been working in Canara Bank and PVR Cinemas in Bengaluru.The robot speaks to the customers, reviews their preferences based on previous purchases and suggests them for a perfect purchase. Vishwanathan added that the robot can be used as a customer service agent in multiple domains like banks, hospitals, airports, hotels. The founder further claims that Canara bank is planning to get robots work for them in 500 bank branches. The company is currently funding itself by rentals and sales. The company's major revenue is earned by renting out Mitra which accounts for Rs 25,000- Rs 15,000. The robot is rented out for wedding and birthday parties where the humanoid moves around playing songs and taking pictures. The robot costs Rs 8 lakh. The company will soon introduce a female version of the humanoid. It will be called "Mitri". The only difference of the female humanoid will be its body design.

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