This photograph taken on October 2, 2026 shows an employee (R) operating Robia, a humanoid robot waitress at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 2, 2026 shows Jojo, a humanoid robot waitress serving customers at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows a robotics software engineer Syed Osama Aziz working on robot components at his workshop in Multan. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP via Getty Images)

Residents extend a supply hose to fill a barrel with clean water from a tanker truck in Kavling Bakau Serip, amid local water shortages linked to the intensive water requirements of the growing artificial intelligence (AI) data center developments at Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Riau Islands, on November 3, 2026. Cooking and bathing became difficult when taps ran dry in Batam, an Indonesian island where data centres are springing up to power the global AI boom despite residents' protests. (Photo by ANDARU / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore-Economy-Technology-AI-environment. FOCUS

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows a robotics software engineer Syed Osama Aziz working on robot components at his workshop in Multan. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows a robotics software engineer Syed Osama Aziz working on robot components at his workshop in Multan. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 2, 2026 shows Robia (R) and Jojo (2R), humanoid robot waitresses serving customers at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 2, 2026 shows Robia, a humanoid robot waitress serving customers at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi. The mechanical waitress is one of two home-grown robots built by Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene with his DIY creations. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)