--- title: Meet Our Robots! description: The future is now and we are embracing it!  That’s why some of our communities have a new ‘team member’ buzzing around the dining room.  This robot team me image: https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Rectangular_Tray_13_yhsbar.png --- Menu [Contact Us](https://www.merrillgardens.com/contact-us) - [Home](https://www.merrillgardens.com/) - [Who We Are](https://www.merrillgardens.com/who-we-are) - [Communities](https://www.merrillgardens.com/communities) - [Careers](https://www.merrillgardens.com/careers) - [News](https://blog.merrillgardens.com) [![Merrill Gardens logo](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MerrillGardens_January2024/images/m-logo.png?width=144&height=135&name=m-logo.png "Merrill Gardens logo")](https://www.merrillgardens.com/) [206-676-5300](tel:206-676-5300) [Email](https://www.merrillgardens.com/contact-us) ![Meet Our Robots!](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Rectangular_Tray_13_yhsbar.png) # Meet Our Robots! - Home - [Merrill Gardens Blog](https://blog.merrillgardens.com) - Meet Our Robots! [The Team at Merrill Gardens](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/author/the-team-at-merrill-gardens) 06/08/2022 [0 Comments](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/meet-our-robots#postComment) 1 Minutes The future is now and we are embracing it!  That’s why some of our communities have a new ‘team member’ buzzing around the dining room.  ![Merrill Gardens Robot servers](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/robot_seunlo.png) This robot team member can carry food, drinks and dishes between our kitchen and dining room. This means our human servers can focus on enhancing resident’s dining experience.  ![Merrill Gardens robot](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ServiFront_zz3ogw.jpg) The robot does not do any cooking or food handling, but it can carry more dishes than a human and that means more tables can be served by our team. It also helps in clearing dishes from the dining room more quickly.  Besides, those dishes are heavy!  ![dining room robot Merrill Gardens](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Standby-rec_01_oy6svf.png) We are excited about this technology because the robot is designed to work alongside our dining team to help them be more efficient. The robot is *not* designed to replace our human dining team members – the robot is there to save time and trips between the kitchen and the dining room, allowing our team to spend more time meeting resident’s needs. ![dining room robot Merrill Gardens](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/The_Forum_2_sgvj2q.jpg) We partnered with Bear Robotics, a state-of-the-art technology company that designs robots specifically to work in restaurants and senior living communities, to bring the robots to our communities. The best part is that our residents and team members get to name their robots and so far we have robots named Wall-E, Rocky, Ricky, and Darrell Gardens!   --- #### Tag: #### Share: - [Follow us on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.merrillgardens.com/meet-our-robots) - [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.merrillgardens.com/meet-our-robots&text=Meet%20Our%20Robots!) - [Follow us on Linkedin](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.merrillgardens.com/meet-our-robots) - [Follow us on Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://blog.merrillgardens.com/meet-our-robots&text=Meet%20Our%20Robots!description=The%20future%20is%20now%20and%20we%20are%20embracing%20it!%20That’s%20why%20some%20of%20our%20communities%20have%20a%20new%20‘team%20member’%20buzzing%20around%20the%20dining%20room.&media=https://5001117.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/5001117/Imported_Blog_Media/Rectangular_Tray_13_yhsbar.png) --- ##### [More posts](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/) ### Leave a Comment Below --- ![W3C](https://blog.merrillgardens.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MerrillGardens_January2024/images/wcag2.1AA-blue-v_jaqpmq.png?width=368&name=wcag2.1AA-blue-v_jaqpmq.png "W3C") ###### Merrill Gardens [1938 Fairview Avenue E #300 Seattle, WA 98102](https://www.merrillgardens.com/communities) [206-676-5300](tel:206-676-5300) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.merrillgardens.com/privacy-policy) - [Accessibility and Non Discrimination](https://www.merrillgardens.com/accessibility-statement) - [Do Not Share My Personal Information/Limit the Use or Disclosure of My Sensitive Personal Information](https://conversionlogix.com/ccpa-opt-out/) Copyright © 2026 Merrill Gardens [Equal Opportunity Housing](https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp)