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Dawn Cafe in Tokyo has robot waiters.

But there is something special about them.

People move the robots.

These people are disabled.

Dawn Cafe gives these people work.

But they work from home.

These people have many different abilities.

Some can control the robots with their eyes and a special screen.

Customers in the cafe can talk with them at home.

The robots have cameras.

Kentaro Yoshifuji owns the cafe.

They come here because of the people behind OriHime, and they will come back to see them again."

He opened the cafe during the Paralympics and the WeThe15 celebrations.

WeThe15 celebrates the 15 percent of disabled people around the world.

Michio Imai controls one of the robots.

Michio Imai: "As long as I'm alive, I want to give something back to the community by working."

Customers can talk to the people at home through the small robots.

They learn a lot.

Since he said he can't work outside his home, it's very good for such a person to have this kind of chance."

The big robots are waiters.

Some people think the robot cafe is cool.

Michio Imai: "I feel happy if I can be a part of society."

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