At Korean baseball stadiums, an Australian cafe and an Ohio boarding school, they’re cardboard cutouts to replace fans, customers and students. At some restaurants, they’re stuffed animals.

The D+ropop robotic mannequin is incredibly elegant and will perform a host of new and existing modeling tasks for a one-off price of around USD$5500. It'll work 24/7, won’t throw tantrums, get ...

The Rakuten Monkeys unveiled a slate of robot mannequins and cardboard cutouts for their matchup against the CTBC Brothers, and some of the robot fans even banged drums in the stands, ...

At Five Dock Dining in New South Wales, Australia, cardboard cutouts in the shape of humans are put in place to make diners “feel more comfortable” (as is pumped-in “background noise” that ...

When their season begins on April 11, the Rakuten Monkeys will have robot mannequins in the stands to simulate the appearance of fans at their games. With the 2020 #CPBL season starting on April ...

The mannequins will be dressed in 1940s attire and will be served wine like any other guest when the restaurant reopens at the end of May, according to Washingtonian.

Forget fans: Taiwan's baseball league played in a stadium filled with robot mannequins and cardboard cutouts, and it could be a sign of what's to come in the US ...