10 London restaurants to look forward to in 2021

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Luxury wine wall with robotic arm and ‘virtual sommelier’ launches

A new luxury wine wall that features a ‘virtual sommelier’ and a robotic arm to select and deliver your chosen bottle via a glass hatch has been launched by WineCab.

California hotel uses wine-delivering room service robot

Hotel Trio in Healdsburg, California has said its wine-delivering room service robot called Rosé has transitioned “from a novelty to a necessity” due to Covid-19. 

Japanese restaurant resorts to robot bartender after failing to hire human

A Tokyo restaurant chain has had to resort to using a robot bartender to make drinks at its railway station pub after it failed to find a human who was up to the job.