Yaskawa is presenting a new model of their service robot called SmartPal.

Motoman robots are being put to work as waiters in a Japanese restaurant in Bangkok.

Videos from IREX 2009.

Yaskawa continued to develop their next generation service robot, and in 2007 unveiled the second prototype along with SmartGuide, its counterpart.

Yaskawa’s original next generation service robot was designed to autonomously assist daily life, and was therefore called SmartPal.