A robot sales assistant started work for the first time at a Japanese department store on Saturday morning
Fujitsu's 'Enon' robot can guide customers around the store and carry shopping

Japanese store hires robot staff

Unlike some shop assistants 'Enon' can speak and respond to spoken commands

Written by Simon Burns in Taipei

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