Watch out, Jeff Bezos! You are not the only one taking an interest in automation around here anymore. Last week the John and Judy Gay Library in McKinney became the first library in the state of Texas to use automatic robots on the public floor.
The two little helpers are Orion Star’s AI delivery robots the company promotes for restaurant use, but they have been adapted to guide visitors through the library, provide information and help keep things tidy by getting books to their correct shelves once readers are done with them. Right now this is the only library to have them, and McKinney’s public library staff is trying to figure out if similar robots could navigate an elevator to roam through the two-story layout of Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library.
“We are in the process of programming them to also serve as guides during busy programs or…
