MOTS: How do students feel about the new dining robots?
November 5, 2019

“Personally I don’t see the point in them. A lot of students want jobs and that could have been a job to give to students,” said technology leadership and Innovation management senior Jabril Newton. “I might try one to get a feel of how they work before I judge them fully.” | Raven Wuebker/The Cougar
As the dining robots start mapping campus, students said they like the idea of how convenient they could be. These robots were presented in President Renu Khator’s fall address and are planned to begin delivering orders by mid-November.
Although students are willing to try the robots, some are skeptical of their ability to work properly and fear that they might get stolen along with their contents. The deliveries are ordered through a smartphone app, and the robots will bring your food to the nearest entrance of the building.