Time saving robots are here to lend you a hand. With advancements in technology, robots have started to replace humans like never before. Be it serving food in restaurants or working in fields, humanoid robots are today capable of doing everything that would have once remained only a figment of our imagination. Take a look at the photos below featuring robots working as waiters, scientists, cooks, rickshaw pullers and other roles you would normally associate with humans.
Robot couple Xiaolan (L) and Xiaotao carry trays of food at a restaurant in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China.
Humanoid robot bartender "Carl" gestures to guests at the Robots Bar and Lounge in the eastern German town of Ilmenau.
A humanoid robot named "I-Fairy" (C) acts as a witness at the wedding ceremony between Tomohiro Shibata (L) and Satoko Inoue in Tokyo.
Farmer Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by a his home-made walking robot near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing.
Visitors look at a kimono-clad android robot (L) named Aiko Chihira, developed by Toshiba Corp., at the reception desk of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo.
A robot named "Robovie-II" moves around a grocery store in Kyoto.
A humanoid robot, jointly developed by University of Tokyo and Japan's public research organization Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, lifts up a basket filled with coral sand weighing around 30 kg (66 pounds) during a demonstration in Tokyo.
A robot in the Robotic Kitchen prototype created by Moley Robotics cooks a crab soup at the company's booth at the world's largest industrial technology fair, the Hannover Messe, in Hanover.
Robots deliver dishes to customers at a Robot Restaurant in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
Humanoid robot HRP-2 uses a tap after washing a cup during a demonstration at Tokyo University.
Honda's latest version of the Asimo humanoid robot pours a drink into a cup during a presentation in Zaventem near Brussels.
Robonaut 2 is shown in the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory during a round of testing for the first humanoid robot in space, as seen in this January 2, 2013 handout picture provided by NASA.
A cook stands behind a robot as it process food at the kitchen of a restaurant in Hefei.
(Images: Reuters)
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