ROSWELL, Ga. - At El Porton Mexican Restaurant in Roswell, customers are being seated and served in a new way: by robots.

El Porton Mexican Restaurant robots

What we know:

The restaurant, one of several in metro Atlanta, is testing machines that guide diners to their tables and deliver meals from the kitchen. "You just put the food in the place in the little compartments and you program it to send it to the table and they go right to your table," a manager said. "More efficiently and more easy and convenience and fun was more important."

The robots, developed by a local company called To Do Robotics, are designed to ease the workload of servers rather than replace them. "That’s what the first impression for them. But I’ve talked to them more. This is gonna be more easy for everyone.

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