For most of us, working from home has become the norm, but if circumstances permit, we can always pop into the office. For those with disabilities, that’s not usually the case, but a cafe in Tokyo, Japan is leading the way towards a more inclusive society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japanese company Ory Laboratory opened a coffee shop in June this year called Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe, where robots prepare and serve coffee. However, the robots are controlled by people with physical disabilities known as \u201cpilots\u201d, who operate the machines from their homes. These robots have also been leased out to other companies for similar purposes as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These robots were developed from Yoshifuji’s idea of wanting multiple bodies as a teenager<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n A total of four trials have been conducted with these robots since 2018 throughout Japan. Company co-founder and CEO Ory Yoshifuji started the company two years after creating the original OriHime avatar robot. These robots were developed from Yoshifuji’s idea of wanting multiple bodies as a teenager when he was confined at home for three and a half years due to an illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yoshifuji stated: <\/p>\n\n\n\n