But who wants to get food from a boring ol’ human being when you can get it delivered by Ultron’s cousin? The wait to be served by a robot can extend up to 40 minutes, even though much of the exact same food is available by walking up to another section of the cafeteria and asking one of the hazmat-clad workers. Look around, and you’ll see a large white mechanical arm deftly flipping baskets of hot fries, or a conveyor belt of burger assembly happening right before your eyes. Look overhead in the cafeteria, and you’ll see a complex system of tracks and cords, where covered dishes descend from the ceiling ready for diners to remove and eat.
Thousands of writers, photographers and broadcasters will pass through the cafeteria over the next two weeks, and the robots are the perfect centerpiece for a soft-focus Olympics story. The Beijing Olympics organizers’ decision to automate much of the cafeteria in the Games’ Main Media Center was a savvy one. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (Carl Court via Getty Images) With just one day to the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Chinese authorities are making final preparations to try and ensure a successful Games amid the continuing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. This is how it starts.A robotic cocktail maker is pictured at the Main Media Centre on Februin Beijing, China. If I learned anything from WALL-E (which, remember, is about a trash-compacting robot), it’s that service robots can be just as dangerous to humans as cyborgs that want to control the human race. Now, I’m not saying these robots are ushering in the end of the world as we know it, but I am not not saying that. There’s even expected to be a six-legged skiing robot on display during the games. According to Sports Illustrated, the Olympic village will feature sanitation robots, whose job it will be to spray the venue with disinfectant (I assume), as well as delivery robots programmed to go from one location to another. (Think the little parachute packages in Hunger Games, or a giant claw machine.) The robot kitchen also includes a bartender that looks like it was designed by Tony Stark, a robot barista who can grind coffee beans and make a cup of coffee in four minutes, and a soft-serve robot that looks straight out of WALL-E.īut the robots at the Beijing Olympics aren’t limited to the restaurants. As seen in a video posted by Reuters, the robots in this mess hall assemble dishes - including burgers and noodles - and even deliver them through mechanical shelves that drop from the ceiling. Located in the Beijing Winter Olympics Main Media Center, the almost entirely robotic mess hall features an array of automated food-preppers to minimize any face-to-face contact. Introducing, robot waiters and robot bartenders. The 2022 Winter Olympics has already implemented strict COVID protocols, from daily testing to temp checks, and this time they’re adding new technology into the mix.
In an effort to keep the Beijing Winter Olympics from becoming a COVID-19 super-spreader event, Beijing has introduced a whole host of robots to help the Olympics run smoothly, and it’s as cool as it is terrifying.
I don’t want to alarm anybody, but robots are taking over the Olympics. A version of this article was first published on the The Cut
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