California-based food robotics startup Bear Robotics was founded in 2017 by John Ha, a Google software engineer-turned-a restaurateur. John Ha’s personal experience of the difficulties of running a restaurant inspired him to develop service robots. Cautious about full automation, the startup produces artificial intelligence-supported service robots that carry orders from point A to point B, resembling mobile tables rather than robot waiters for restaurants and other places. Bear Robotics recently announced that it has successfully completed a $60 million Series C financing round led by LG Electronics. LG Electronics may no longer be a name known for smartphones, but its investment shows that it sees a big future in devices like robots.