Sushi Restaurant Delivers Food On iPad-Controlled Flying Trays

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YO! Sushi, a chain of Japanese restaurants based all over the globe, has adopted a novel new way of delivering food to its customers: Waiters and waitresses load up flying trays made of lightweight carbon fiber, then guide them to tables using iPads.

Dubbed the “iTray,” the device can fly at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour, and they have a range of 50 meters. They also have on-board cameras that help kitchen staff guide them around. They aren’t covered up during flight, however, so if they happen to have an accident on their way to your table, it’s likely someone’s going to go home covered in Japanese food.

“We’re all about innovation and delivering a whole concept in an unusual and exciting way,” Robin Rowland, chief executive of YO! Sushi, told Sky News. “The iTray … is a way for us to explain how exciting food can be.”

YO! Sushi, which is credited with bringing the kaiten conveyor belt to the United Kingdom when it first opened in 1997, is famous for its innovations. It already has robotic drinks trolleys, self-heating plates, and toilets that let you play video games while you go.

The iTray has launched to coincide with YO! Sushi’s new burger made from toasted rice, which can include teriyaki chicken, kimchi salman, or prawn katsu.

“When I ordered the burger, I didn’t imagine it was ever going to come flying towards my face on a tray,” said one diner at YO! Sushi’s Soho, London, restaurant. “It was the weirdest thing – like something out of a sci-fi novel.”

The iTray is currently being tested at the Soho store before a U.K. rollout in 2014.

Source: Sky News

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