Covid staff shortages have forced restaurant chiefs to use robot waitresses to serve hungry diners their meals.
Directors of chain The Chinese Buffet struggled through the pandemic when restaurants were allowed to reopen as they needed to serve food instead of allowing guests to help themselves.
Owners Paolo Hu and Peter Wu have unleashed four 'BellaBot' robots, each dubbed Bella, in restaurants across the North West including Liverpool, St Helens, Bolton and Wigan.