Dialogue with Oak Deer Robotics' Yang Jiancheng: AI and Robots Are Here—What Should Hoteliers Do?

At the 2026 Global Travel News Summit, Oak Deer Robotics founder Yang Jiancheng spoke in dialogue with Global Travel News CEO Li Chao about the path for AI and cooking robots to enter hotel food and beverage scenarios. He believes that low-decision, high-repetition, highly standardized work is most likely to be replaced by AI, while cooking robots are meant to amplify chefs rather than eliminate them. The prerequisite for enterprises to make good use of AI is to understand and break down their own business and find the point where technology connects with real needs.