This Alibaba robot will serve in China's hotels soon China's e-tail giant Alibaba on Thursday unveiled a robot that will serve guests in the country's hotels soon.
China's e-tail giant Alibaba on Thursday unveiled a robot that will serve guests in the country's hotels soon. "The robotics industry is revolutionising the world and Alibaba Artificial Intelligence (AI) Labs is raising the stakes in this industry with the launch of service robots for hospitality sector starting October," the company said at its annual Cloud Computing Conference 2018 being held here.The robot was unveiled by Alibaba AI Labs, the AI product development arm, at the four-day tech summit in this scenic city where Alibaba is headquartered, about 180 km southwest of Shanghai. "This robot will help bridge the gap between the guest needs and the response time they expect. It is the next step in the evolution towards smart hotels," said the General Manager of Alibaba AI Labs, Lijuan Chen.