From Bloomberg Markets and Finance.

Cat-like robots serving food is a common sight at Japan’s largest table service restaurant chain.
The country is turning to these service robots to cope with its chronic labor crunch and the market is expected to triple by 2030, Shery Ahn reports. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-06/thousands-of-cat-eared-robots-are-waiting-tables-in-japan