Yo! Delivery of sushi of drone - will it take off?

Flight tonight: Yo Sushi! "new service delivery of the helicopters s. Photo: Graeme Robertson for the guardian"

Shrimp cracker pieces are flying through the air, then comes a disturbing incident. It is not the best start, but this, I am told, is the latest innovation in the delivery of food - service of drone.

With their reputation for machines to kill controversial, it is not the most obvious fit, but grocery stores seem determined to prove these bellicose techonology has a much more civilized use - if only they could get them to behave. Earlier this month, Domino's Pizza has released a video of what he calls his "DomiCopter", a plane light-delivery pizza - and now YO! Sushi develops its 'first flight plateau", to be deployed next year. It has a lightweight carbon fiber frame with four propellers, two fixed cameras and its own Wi-Fi connection and is controlled using an iPad app. But when I visit Soho restaurant chain to have a look at how the trial goes, there are a few teething problems.

Link to video: Flying plateau offers burgers at the London restaurant

Not yet able to support the weight of the Burger, it was designed to serve, it is tested outside with food crackers and shrimp polysterene. But the inexperienced pilot finds difficult to get it on the floor and almost impossible to control once it is hovering.

Instead of fly calmly before him and land gently on the table, the machine driving drunk around at knee height, crashing on tripods for camera and chairs or just the ground, as the driver mutters dark factor wind and low battery. Its rotor blades are supposed to be powerful enough to accelerate along at 20 mph, at a distance of 50 m, but they also mean that when the tray tilts and shrimp crackers fall, they are chopped and sprayed across the region.

As it heads dangerously close to the road and traffic bypass road, I said to myself that it worked perfectly in the workshop. But his unpredictable behavior at least draws the crowds. As it hits the ground, once more, Michael Lim, 21, of London, is seduced.

"I think it's incredible and loves to serve me," he said. "As long as the rotor does hit me." Yo! Sushi customer Deeviya Meir, 25, is also forgiving. They are already fans of service of separate conveyor chain - allowing customers to choose the dishes moving past them. "He certainly grabs your attention," said Meir. "And it looks good. ''

But Claire Lubert, 35, sounds a reasonable note of caution I must wait to see how it works with wine - or miso soup - first."

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