{
  "id": 18955498,
  "title": "Pakistan-built robots serve taste of future to Karachi diners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/pakistan-built-robots-serve-taste-of-future-to-karachi-diners",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-08T14:18:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448005/pakistan-built-robots-serve-taste-of-future-to-karachi-diners"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Karachi, Pakistan - A robot waitress named Robia whirrs through the bustling dining booths of The Sicilian restaurant, a neon-lit hotspot in the megacity of Karachi. Robia greets families with a friendly electronic voice, her blinking red LED eyes drawing curious stares. Alongside her is Jojo, another robot created by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz. The pair are the first of their kind in Pakistan's dining scene, bringing a futuristic twist to the country's traditional culinary experiences.\n\nAziz, who also founded The Sicilian restaurant, built the robots using mostly locally sourced parts and developed their circuit boards and programming in his own lab. Despite the limited availability of robotic components in Pakistan, Aziz and his team managed to create these innovative creations. The robots have quickly become a sensation among Karachi's diners, with customers flocking to The Sicilian to witness the sight of humanoid robots serving meals.\n\nWhile robots are becoming increasingly common in other countries, particularly in China and East Asia, where they are used extensively in chain restaurants and for various tasks such as cleaning and greeting guests, their presence in Pakistan remains a novelty. Aziz's homegrown robots have been met with an enthusiastic reception, with excited customers capturing selfies and sharing experiences on social media.\n\nAziz hopes to enhance the robots' functionality in the future, adding advanced features like camera-based processing and image-recognition capabilities. This would enable the robots to recognize individual diners and provide personalized recommendations based on their previous orders. For now, however, Robia and Jojo continue to captivate Karachi's residents, offering a taste of the future within the city's storied dining scene.",
  "summary": "KARACHI: Wheeling its way between dining booths at a neon-lit restaurant in Pakistan’s Karachi megacity, a robot waitress drops off a fresh pizza to an awaiting family. While global buzz is growing around agile humanoids made in the United States, China and elsewhere, robotic staff are a rare sight in the South Asian country. “Welcome to Sicilian. My name is Robia,” the waitress says in an…",
  "key_points": [
    "Robia, a robot waitress, serves at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi.",
    "Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz created Robia and Jojo robots.",
    "Robots are novel in Pakistan, attracting enthusiastic diners and social media attention."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}