KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — “Welcome to Sicilian. Mera naam Robia hai,” waitress barqi awaz mein kehti hai aur jhapakti surkh LED aankhon se aik khandan ki taraf dekhti hai. Phir woh agli mez ki taraf barh jati hai. Robia aur us ki saathi Jojo robot hain, aur yeh Pakistan mein banayi gayi hain.
Yeh dono machinein engineer Syed Osama Aziz ka kaam hain, jo Karachi ke neon roshniyon wale restaurant The Sicilian ke bani bhi hain jahan yeh kaam karti hain. Unhon ne apni robotics company Cobot ke zariye Multan ki aik workshop mein zyada tar maqami tor par tayyar purzon se yeh robot banaye, circuit boards khud design kiye aur program khud likhe, jis mein doston ki madad aur bairoon-e-mulk se mangwaye gaye kuch electronic purze shamil the. Unhon ne kaha: “Robot banane ke liye darkar saman yahan aasani se dastiyab nahin, is liye humein is ka intezam karna para.”
Yeh kya karti hain: Robia aur Jojo ke gol safed sar aur gehre rang ke visor hain, kuch kuch motorcycle ke helmet jaise, aur woh dupatte ke andaz mein kali shawlein orhti hain. Woh apna taaruf karati hain, menu batati hain aur tray par khana mez tak lati hain. Fil haal woh use mez par rakh nahin saktin: gahak ya to khud tray se bartan uthate hain ya kisi insani saathi ki madad ka intezar karte hain.
Osama Aziz chahte hain ke yeh mazeed kaam karein. Unhon ne kaha: “Hamara mansooba camera aur tasveer ki processing ki khususiyat shamil karne ka hai. Is ka matlab hai ke robot aap ko dekh kar pehchan lega, use yaad rahega ke aap ne pichhli baar kya order kiya tha, aur is ke mutabiq woh aap ko behtar mashware de sakega.”
Gahak: Cheen aur Mashriqi Asia ke restaurants mein robot pehle hi khana pahuncha rahe hain, lekin Pakistan mein yeh ab bhi kam hi nazar aate hain, aur khandan unhein dekhne khinche chale aa rahe hain. Bachche unhein chhoone ke liye haath barhate hain aur walidain tasveerein banate hain. Aik gahak Ahmer Zameer ne kaha: “Is ki sab se achhi baat yeh hai ke yeh apna taaruf karati hai.” Amle ka kehna hai ke is anokhe pan se karobar ko faida hua hai. Restaurant ki mulazima Hellen ne kaha: “Hamara karobar barha hai. Log is ke liye door door se aa rahe hain. Unhon ne pehli baar yahan robot dekha hai.”
