2024-04-28T14:35:09-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150179763/robots-for-construction-agriculture-restaurants-and-homes-property-developer-country-garden-invests-heavily-in-robotics Alexander Walter 2020-01-20T18:16:00-05:00 >2020-01-20T18:38:57-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e0/e0e15c9c4061c2dccce3322b7cd094e2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>China&rsquo;s largest property developer by sales Country Garden is planning to start mass production of construction robots next year to cut costs and raise efficiency, it said on Friday. The group, which started investing in robotics research and development in 2018, said it aims to have at least one robot at each of its sites across the nation.</p></em><br /><br /><p>According to <em>Reuters</em>, Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. has signaled its intention to invest more than $2 billion in robotics each year for the next five years to boost automation in the company's construction, agriculture, restaurant, and property management businesses.</p> <p>To showcase its technological prowess, the Chinese mega-corporation just <a href="https://www.gizmochina.com/2020/01/15/country-garden-opens-up-foodom-chinas-first-fully-robot-operated-restaurant/" target="_blank">opened its first robot restaurant</a> (now China's first fully automated eatery) in the city of Guangzhou.<br></p> <p>With 32 industrial robots in the kitchen alone, handling everything from food preparation to cooking, and further AI-powered robots guiding guest to their tables and taking orders, Country Garden has reportedly dropped $29 million on this restaurant prototype &mdash; which the company's founder, billionaire Yang Guoqiang, hopes to replicate 1,000 times across China within two years.<br></p>