Service, social & food robots
Serving & guide robot
An indoor robot with trays or a screen that carries food to tables, guides visitors or greets guests.
Good at
Carrying plates and dishes so staff can spend time with guests.
Watch out for
Needs clear aisles; still needs people to load, unload and handle exceptions.
Specs that matter for this type
- Payload
- Runtime / flight time
- Top speed
- Weight
- Sensors
Jobs it does
Usually the main robot for
- Restaurant serving robots
- Hotel & reception robots
- Robotic vending & food kiosks
- Advertising & wayfinding robots
- Museum & library guide robots
- Robot-led tours & experiences
Also used for
Models we've catalogued
How to read this. Specs come from each maker's own spec page or datasheet, with the link and the date we checked it. Blank means the maker doesn't publish it (or we haven't found it). Scores are a whirrwork assessment, not a lab test: we only score a model when independent trials or tests exist. Methodology.
| Model | Payload | Runtime / flight time | Top speed | Weight | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenon DINERBOT T8 Keenon Robotics | 20 kg | 240 min | 1 m/s | 34 kg | Not enough evidence to rate |
| Pudu BellaBot Pudu Robotics | 40 kg | – | 1.2 m/s | 55 kg | Not enough evidence to rate |
Also called: serving robot, service robot, guide robot, kiosk robot, promo robot.