{"id":143253,"date":"2021-11-09T10:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T01:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143253&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-11-09T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T01:01:55","slug":"bedridden-residents-of-fukuoka-works-remotely-as-waitstaff-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/bedridden-residents-of-fukuoka-works-remotely-as-waitstaff-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedridden Residents of Fukuoka Works Remotely as Waitstaff in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu-based waiters and waitresses are working online to serve customers in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. \u201cPilots\u201d of OriHime robots at Dawn Avatar Robot Caf\u00e9 remotely perform their cafe tasks by welcoming guests, taking orders, and by chatting. Some fifty pilots are residents of Kyushu, including a Fukuoka-based mother of two children who has heart disease and a female college student with spinal muscular atrophy. The cafe provides working opportunities to people with limited mobility, even including bedridden persons. Hourly wages are within Tokyo\u2019s standard. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kumanichi.com\/articles\/410761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumanichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dawn2021.orylab.com\/pilots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dawn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dawn-robot-cafe-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dawn-robot-cafe-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dawn-robot-cafe-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dawn-robot-cafe-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dawn-robot-cafe-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000044.000019066.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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