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<p>MULTAN, Pakistan &#8212; The owners of a pizza shop in Pakistan say business is booming now that they&#8217;ve introduced a robot waitress.</p><p>Osama Jafri, the engineer who designed the 55-pound robot, says it can greet customers and carry pizzas to their tables.</p><p>The robot resembles a short, slender woman wearing a long dress and apron. He says he wrapped a scarf around the robot&#8217;s neck so as not to offend conservative patrons.</p><p>He says sales at Pizza.com, in the town of Multan, have doubled since the robot was unveiled in February. Jafri&#8217;s father Aziz, who owns the restaurant, says he has three more robot waitresses and plans to open a new branch.</p><p>He says, &#8220;I used to sell pizzas, but now restaurant owners want to buy robots from me.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A robot waitress serves food to customers at a pizza restaurant in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday, July 6, 2017. A Pakistani engineer says sale of Pizza at his father&#8217;s shop has doubled in recent months after he introduced first ever robot to serve food to customers in the central city of Multan. (AP Photo/Iram Asim) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_Robot-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>A robot waitress serves food to customers at a pizza restaurant in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday, July 6, 2017. A Pakistani engineer says sale of Pizza at his father&#8217;s shop has doubled in recent months after he introduced first ever robot to serve food to customers in the central city of Multan. (AP Photo/Iram Asim) </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Robot waitress draws the curious to Pakistani pizza joint