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A robot serves at a restaurant in North China’s Tianjin Municipality, Feb. 4, 2016. A representative for the restaurant said they hired the robot because they are suffering from a lack of service staff ahead of the Spring Festival, China’s Lunar New Year. (Photo: China News Service/Tong Yu)