有人会说有朝一日，机器人会为人类服务。而本文中提及的机器人可以看做是这一趋势的开端。
They say robots will one day serve mankind - in which case you can consider this an entrée.
如果你来到这家位于哈尔滨市中心的餐厅，你会发现有18种机器人在此随时为您带来完美的就餐体验。从服务员、厨师到迎宾员，这些机器人可谓各司其职。
For if you pay a visit to this restaurant, in downtown Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, you will find 18 robots - from a waitress to a cooker to an usher - ready to ensure your dining experience is perfect.
这家餐厅配有18种机器人，穿梭于厨房与餐厅之间为您上菜，其中一些特殊的机器人还可以包饺子、做面条。
The restaurant has 18 types of robots, each gliding out of the kitchen to provide your dish, with specialty robots including a dumpling robot and a noodle robot.
当顾客走进来时，迎宾机器人将机械手臂伸向一侧做邀请状，向科幻片中一般挥动手臂：“地球人，你好，欢迎来到机器人餐厅。”
When a diner walks in, the usher robot extends their arm to the side and, with a sci-fi flourish, says `Earth Person, Hello, Welcome to the Robot Restaurant.`
顾客点单后，厨房里的机器人就开始烹饪了。
After the diners have ordered, the robots in the kitchen set to work cooking.
菜做好后，机器人服务生便会通过地上的轨道将菜品从厨房运往餐桌。
Once the dish is prepared, a robot waiter, which runs along tracks on the floor, carries it from kitchen to table.
做好的菜品被放置在悬挂式的传送带上，到达点单的餐桌时，机械手臂就会把盘子取下来放在桌上。
Prepared dishes are placed on a suspended conveyor belt and when the plate reaches the right table the mechanical arms lift it off and set it down.
客人吃饭时，机器人“歌唱家”还会献上表演。
As they eat, a singing robot entertains diners.
店里所有机器人都是由哈尔滨昊海机器人有限公司设计制造的。
All the robots in the restaurant were designed and made by the Harbin Haohai Robot Company.
该公司首席工程师刘哈生表示他们投资500万人民币开了这家餐厅，每个机器人价值20万到30万元不等。
Chief Engineer Liu Hasheng, said they invested 5 million Yuan in doing the restaurant, with each robot costing 200,000 to 300,000 Yuan.
他表示，计算机控制室里的员工可以操控整个机器人团队。
He comments: `Staff in the computer room can manage the whole robot team.
在一整日的劳顿之后，机器人也要“美餐”一顿，它们 “吃”的是电。
After the busy times during the day, the robot will go for a "meal", which is electricity.
刘哈生补充说机器人在充电2小时后就能持续工作5个小时。
Liu added that after a two-hour charge the robot can work continuously for 5 hours.
饭店现在提供的菜单上有30多道菜， 平均每餐花费40到50元不等。
The restaurant now provides a menu with more than 30 dishes, and for the average cost for a diner is 40 to 50 Yuan.
2010年，山东省济南市的一家机器人餐馆开业，仿佛从《星球大战》中走出来的机器人端着食物托盘，在传送带上绕房间穿梭。
In 2010, another robot restaurant opened in Jinan in northern Shandong province, where robots resembling Star Wars droids circle the room carrying trays of food in a conveyor belt-like system.
餐厅中有十几个机器人，当中有表演者、侍者、迎宾员以及接待员。
More than a dozen robots operate in the restaurant as entertainers, servers, greeters and receptionists.