Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.73
January 03, 2024
…their robotic fleet. The services cover a wide array of robots, ranging from industrial automation, supply chain, service, hospitality, restaurant, kitchen automation, drones, drone boxes and cleaning. Roboworx in the ARO umbrella The new subsidiary brand will utilize ARO's extensive experiences in customer success, while also employing its own team of customer success agents and technicians. Roboworx will handle the technical aspects of robotics and personalized customer service to meet the needs of its clients.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.71
December 13, 2023
…Group, a holding company using technology to transform the restaurant and retail industries, is teaming up with Miso Robotics, creator of Flippy, the world's first AI-powered robotic fry station, and PopID, a technology company specializing in ordering and payments using biometrics, to open the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. CalifExpress by Flippy™ utilizes the most advanced systems in food technology—grill and fry stations are fully automated, powered by proprietary leading-edge artificial intelligence and robotics. Guests will watch their food being cooked robotically after checking in with their PopID accounts on self-ordering kiosks to get personalized order recommendations and make easy…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.85
October 24, 2023
…sparkling water or health-conscious soda options from my favorite restaurant?” The company asserted that its systems can dispense fresh ingredients; highly viscous ingredients; ingredients with particulates; and pulp, dairy, and more. Sidework credited its novel storage, pumping, and refrigeration capabilities. With a single dispenser, “operators can dispense a diverse and high-quality beverage menu that adapts to shifting consumer tastes and various factors, such as the time of day, without any hassle,” said the company. A sample menu could include iced pumpkin-spiced lattes, a variety of flavored sparkling waters, and craft sodas to cater to the lunch crowd. It could then…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.33
October 12, 2023
…match to build robots for outer space, farms, or restaurants,” he added. “With our whole software stack and a teach pendant, developers can be up and running in a matter of weeks.” PickNik built MoveIt Studio on its MoveIt motion-planning and manipulation software. It added that companies are already using MoveIt Studio for systems combining robot arms and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for in-situ bin picking. “With MoveIt Studio, companies can quickly prototype new behaviors in a low-code environment,” Coleman said. “Developers can customize them to the environment for pick and place, opening doors, or pushing buttons.” He noted that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.41
September 14, 2023
Time and convenience are essential for customers of quick-serve restaurants, or QSRs. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Flytrex Inc. today announced Autonomous Pickup. The company said it enables a fully autonomous delivery process—from order placement through pick-up and delivery to customers’ yards. Flytrex claimed that its new capability can cut delivery times to about five minutes from the time orders are ready, creating growth opportunities for QSRs and family-owned restaurants. “What’s so unique about this innovation is its real potential to move the needle, with more and more businesses getting on board with an undeniably seamless and cost-effective process,” stated Yariv Bash,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.32
August 29, 2023
…matter whether the job is serving food at a restaurant, helping patients at a hospital, or designing robots to go to Mars.” InOrbit offers RobOps to educators Mountain View, Calif.-based InOrbit said its RobOps platform empowers developers and end users to maximize the potential of every robot at scale. The company said its multi-cloud platform enables efficient robot operations. It also provides observability through secure, real-time analytics and data collection, robot performance monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis. The InOrbit Education Edition delivers key benefits to teachers and students, said InOrbit: Free forever: RobOps tools available at absolutely no cost…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.52
August 25, 2023
…perform tasks that require speed and correctness. As the restaurant industry struggles to return to pre-pandemic levels and continues to navigate workforce shortages, robotics can help to fill the gap. This project will build upon Dexai Robotics’ existing product by doubling improvement on ingredient pickup robot moving time, improving the planning time for utensil pickup, and improving on meal throughput. While the use case is focused on the food industry, the deliverables from this project could benefit the broader robotics community by increasing speed and accuracy for almost any robotic manufacturing application. Manipulating Fabric with Robots for Pick-and-Place Operations Project…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.11
July 19, 2023
…to fill in stores, but also in fast-food joints, restaurants, and grocery stores. Add an AMR into the mix, and such establishments may stay afloat, keep pace, and keep the fire going with fewer employees. In the article “Tech-enabled grocery stores: Lower costs, better experience,” writers from McKinsey & Company described the scenario well, citing examples of how AMRs are at the cusp of being a true value-add to the labor component of running a grocery chain store. “Grocers have been dabbling in robotics to manage these activities for the past several years, but two recent developments have changed the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.77
July 15, 2023
…avocados before they are hand mashed to create the restaurant's famous guacamole. The prototype, developed in collaboration with Vebu, is currently being tested at the Chipotle Cultivate Center in Irvine, Calif. Vebu worked closely with Certified Training Managers from Chipotle's restaurants to analyze the company's preparation process and identify tasks that are time consuming and less favorable among crew members. Chipotle currently has individuals dedicated to cutting, coring, and scooping avocados. On average, it takes approximately 50 minutes to make a batch of guacamole. Autocado's potential impact The Vebu team is aiming to improve the device's processing speeds, which could…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.52
June 12, 2023
…Robotics Inc.'s Servi and Servi Plus robots for the restaurant and hospitality industries. RobotLAB recently launched what it claimed was the first robotics integration franchise program. “Our expertise in integrating robots into commercial environments and Bear Robotics' state-of-the-art products make this partnership a perfect match that will enhance the restaurant and hospitality industries across the country,” said Elad Inbar, CEO of RobotLAB, in a press release. Founded in 2007, RobotLAB said it has provided thousands of robots to companies of all sizes in industries including foodservice, banking, assisted living, education, cleaning, delivery, and hospitals. The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based company said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.18
May 31, 2023
…challenges arise with robots used in healthcare settings or restaurants. Franklin echoed Prather's sentiment. “Robots have begun to move out of where they have been for the past few decades, which was manufacturing,” she said. “Now, we're seeing them performing various services for people.” Franklin noted, however, that the vast majority of robots in use and sold today are still in the industrial sphere. Sensor providers such as SICK Inc. and software providers such as FORT Robotics have focused on industrial applications. Veo Robotics unlocks collaborative applications for industrial robots Waltham, Mass.-based Veo Robotics Inc. develops systems designed to make…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.66
April 27, 2023
…that wheel out food to those dining in the restaurant. They are ideal assets for performing a task that people ordinarily perform. Today, robots can be used in small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to perform innumerable tasks from cleaning and sanitizing to sweeping, cutting grass, serving food, fetching parts, and just about anything they can be programmed to do. As service and commercial robots become more affordable, SMBs can now consider different options. In the case of the Oyster Bar Landside, robots not only help serve customers, but they're also novelties that entertain restuaurant customers. Owner Jim Horne explained to…
