{"id":98178,"date":"2025-08-22T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/?p=98178"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:29:17","slug":"robots-serve-customers-with-generated-ai-and-dancing-ecute-akihabaras-robot-cast-ugo-pro-will-liven-up-ecute-the-curry-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/archives\/98178","title":{"rendered":"Robots serve customers with generated AI and dancing! Ecute Akihabara&#8217;s robot cast &#8220;ugo Pro&#8221; will liven up &#8220;Ecute the Curry Fest&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #999999\">Starting today! Ecute The Curry Festival: August 18th (Monday) to September 15th (Monday, national holiday)<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p> JR East Cross Station Development Company, Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Company president: Yoshiaki Shirata) is using the robot &quot;ugo Pro,&quot; developed by ugo Inc. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ken Matsui), a developer of business DX robots, as the first customer service and guidance robot in a commercial facility, at the station commercial facility &quot;Ecute Akihabara.&quot; To liven up the summer menu fair &quot;Ecute the Curry Fest,&quot; which will be held at three buildings including Ecute Akihabara from today, August 18th (Monday) to September 15th (Monday, holiday), ugo Pro will welcome customers in Indian-style attire and dance, and will also recommend menu items using generative AI and talk about curry.<\/p>\n<p> &quot;Ecute Akihabara&quot; aims to be a next-generation commercial facility that will enable customers to shop more comfortably, freely and enjoyably, while also alleviating labor shortages by introducing the latest technology, such as the employment of robot casts. <\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-4b0862043e2dc2526614978d4e44fcfc-1080x810-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-4b0862043e2dc2526614978d4e44fcfc-1080x810-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;ugo Pro&quot; Ecute The Curry Fest version image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-a720752e859547a17327373ea6a15dea-1080x810-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-a720752e859547a17327373ea6a15dea-1080x810-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;ugo Pro&quot; Ecute The Curry Fest version image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"\"> Implementation details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Event period: August 18th (Monday) to September 15th (Monday, national holiday), 10:00-21:00 each day (until 20:00 on weekends and holidays)<\/li>\n<li> Contents: 1) Menu recommendations using generative AI, 2) Answering questions about curry using generative AI, 3) Greeting guests in Indian-style attire, 4) Performing an Indian-style dance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> *The Indian-style attire and dance were supervised by three staff members of Indian origin who work at ugo Inc.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\"> <strong>About &quot;Ecute the Curry Fest&quot;<\/strong> <\/h2>\n<p align=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-2f3102623822fd40c690684a0144e03a-1100x376-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-2f3102623822fd40c690684a0144e03a-1100x376-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The Kanda area is known as a hotbed of curry, with many shops serving curry. Three locations offer delicious and appealing curry products: Ecute Akihabara, which opened on April 7, 2025; Ecute Edition Ochanomizu, which fully opened on May 14, 2025; and March Ecute Kanda Manseibashi, located on the red-brick Manseibashi Viaduct, boasting over 100 years of history. Ecute Akihabara&#039;s new products include the rare curry dorayaki!<\/p>\n<p> For details, please refer to the press release issued by JR East Cross Station Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jr-cross.co.jp\/info\/items\/c31e3eac73b1aaf27e4ce67354c1fb7012e6dd9b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-id=\"c96448e8-5b2f-4b33-b470-d56c1b1d9248\">(Published August 6, 2025) &quot;For stamina during the lingering heat of summer! Curry Fair held at Ecute stores!!&quot;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\"> <strong>An example of the menu at Ecute Akihabara<\/strong> <\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-7a67703ba92be50a9abf176063f43ead-3900x2925-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-7a67703ba92be50a9abf176063f43ead-3900x2925-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Khao Soi Chiang Mai Curry Ramen&quot; (Thai Cuisine Institute \/ Ecute Akihabara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-a0fe7e8718a5f062d4f6e15bb0a716e2-3900x2926-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-a0fe7e8718a5f062d4f6e15bb0a716e2-3900x2926-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Tokyo Plump Dora &lt;Tandoori Chicken Flavored Curry&gt;&quot; (KIKUJIRO \/ Ecute Akihabara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3> <strong><u>An Instagram campaign is also being held!<\/u><\/strong> <\/h3>\n<p align=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-f146729300835aa9792f4ca11a0eca7f-2160x2160-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-f146729300835aa9792f4ca11a0eca7f-2160x2160-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\"> About Ugo Inc.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Company name: Ugo Co., Ltd.<\/li>\n<li> Headquarters: 1-7-8 Higashikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo<\/li>\n<li> Established: February 20, 2018<\/li>\n<li> Representative Director and CEO: Ken Matsui<\/li>\n<li> Capital: 100 million yen <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-15bfafa5c9a35429ceca866622665d7e-1200x630-1.jpg\" alt=\"82978-890-15bfafa5c9a35429ceca866622665d7e-1200x630-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\"> About JR East Cross Station Co., Ltd.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Company name: JR East Cross Station Co., Ltd.<\/li>\n<li> Headquarters: South Gate Shinjuku Building 6F, 5-33-8 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo<\/li>\n<li> Established: April 1, 2021 (Reiwa 3)<\/li>\n<li> President and CEO: Nishino Fuminao<\/li>\n<li> Capital: 4,101 million yen (100% subsidiary of JR East) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82978-890-cca8b62baa9994fc4dce39d12b929495-840x560.png.jpeg\" alt=\"82978-890-cca8b62baa9994fc4dce39d12b929495-840x560.png.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\"> <strong>About Ecute Akihabara<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Facility name: Ecute Akihabara<\/li>\n<li> Development and management: JR East Cross Station Development Company Ltd.<\/li>\n<li> Opening date: April 7, 2025<\/li>\n<li> Facility location: 1-chome, Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 JR Akihabara Station, 1st floor (inside the ticket gate)<\/li>\n<li> Store area: Approximately 900 m\u00b2<\/li>\n<li> Number of stores: Approximately 24 shops (3 of which are event areas)<\/li>\n<li> Opening hours:\n<p> (Stores inside the ticket gates) Weekdays 10:00-21:00 \/ Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 10:00-20:00<br \/>\n *Honnori-ya x Marukome Weekdays 7:00-21:00 \/ Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 8:00-20:00, Sobaichi Weekdays 7:00-22:00 \/ Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 8:00-20:00, NewDays All days 6:40-23:00, Mono All days 11:00-21:00<\/p>\n<p> (Stores inside and outside the ticket gates) Beck&#039;s Coffee Shop Weekdays 6:30-22:00 \/ Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 7:00-22:00<\/p>\n<p> (Outside the ticket gates) TOKYO Tonkotsu BASE MADE by Ippudo Weekdays 10:00-22:30 \/ Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 10:00-22:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-machine-translation\/images\/google-translate.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today! Ecute The Curry Festival: August 18th (Monday) to September 15th (Monday, national holiday) JR East Cross Station Development Company, Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Company president: Yoshiaki Shirata) is using the robot &quot;ugo Pro,&quot; developed by ugo Inc. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ken Matsui), a developer of business DX robots, as the first customer service and guidance robot in a commercial facility, at the station commercial facility &quot;Ecute Akihabara.&quot; To liven up the summer menu fair &quot;Ecute the Curry Fest,&quot; which will be held at three buildings including Ecute Akihabara from today, August 18th (Monday) to September 15th (Monday, holiday), ugo Pro will welcome customers in Indian-style [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":97871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98181,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98178\/revisions\/98181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.akihabara.kokosil.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}