IN PICTURES: This new restaurant in Nepal uses ROBOTS as waiters

Robot Ginger is powered with swarm intelligence, speech recognition, natural language processing, auto-dock ability, among others. The robot also cracks jokes and answers basic IQ questions in both English and Nepali. Image: Instagram/ @naulonp

Raut, 27, who completed engineering studies in India and the UK, said: "We travelled to different countries including China and Japan to learn about the design, framework and operation of robots before launching it in Nepal. Now, our target is to introduce this Nepali innovation in the international market." Image: Instagram/ @naulonp

The restaurant has a menu implanted in digital screens on tables from where orders can be placed directly to the kitchen. After the dishes are ready, the robots collect them from the kitchen counter and serve the customers. This is the first time in the Himalayan country that a restaurant has used "Made in Nepal" robots as servers. Image: Instagram/ @naulonp

"Naulo is the first digitalized robotic restaurant not just in Nepal, but also in South Asia. We believe that our robot is one of the most advanced service robots in the world which is user friendly and very easy to operate," Binay Raut, CEO of Paaila Technology and Naulo Restaurant, told Xinhua. Image: Instagram/ @naulonp

A newly-launched restaurant in the Nepalese capital is using robots as waiters under the slogan, "where food meets technology". Image: Instagram/ @naulonp

The Naulo Restaurant ("naulo" means new in Nepali) operates with the help of five robots, three named Ginger and two named Ferry, designed and manufactured by Paaila Technology, a Nepali company established by six young engineers, specializing in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Image: Instagram/ @naulonp