Category: Behind the Bot
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“Uber,” “drones,” and “delivery” are three words we’re going to see a lot of in future. Late last week, word got out that the company has been testing food delivery via drones in San Diego, dropping McDonald’s meals off at set locations. This week, we learned Uber has also added some fine dining to the…
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We knew Dishcraft was working on a dishwashing robot, but until today, we didn’t know what it would look like. The company publicly unveiled its robot and I’ll be honest, it’s not what I was expecting. Meant for high-volume eateries like cafeterias, there are two parts to the Dishcraft system. First, dirty dishes are dropped…
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This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Sign up to get the best food tech news in your inbox each week! While there are still plenty of questions around what exactly the future of indoor and alternative farming systems looks like, most will agree that tech will play a big role, as more…
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Both Walmart and Ahold Delhaize expanded their use of robots this year. However, according to two big news stories in less than a week, their entry into the workforce is off to a rocky start. Is the grocery industry in for a robo-backlash, and what that will mean for the automation in that sector? In…
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We’re in the midst of planning a summer party at our house (the theme is yacht rock), and while I love throwing parties, I’m not a fan of the mess left after an evening of making cocktails. Between people sloppily pouring booze and mixers, it’s a sticky pain to clean up. Which is why I’m…
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We were thrilled when Masahiro Fujita, Chief Research Engineer of the AI Collaboration Office of Sony agreed to be a speaker at our ArticulATE food robotics conference in April. He started Sony’s Robot Entertainment project in 1993 and led the development of the famous AIBO robotic dog. During his ArticulATE presentation, Fujita talked about how…
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Well, fellow humans, we had a good run, but our time is over. Robots have their knives out — literally — and know how to use them. Terminator-esque teasing aside, IEEE Spectrum has a video roundup of some of cutting-edge (sorry) robotics research being done right now. Included among the videos is “Robotic Cutting: Mechanics…
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While it would never classify as an actual problem, there’s something rather annoying about getting a pizza that’s less than a perfect circle or comes with unevenly distributed toppings and sauce. Domino’s, who more and more wants to be a tech company that just happens to sell pizza, announced this week it has begun to…
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Plenty of companies are bringing robot-powered delivery of food and other household goods to the last mile, but most stop at the last few feet. Autonomous cars park at a curb and little rover bots typically can’t climb the front steps of a house. Which is why Ford is working on a bi-pedal robot that…
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U.K. based online grocer Ocado announced today that it has acquired a minority stake in London-based food robotics company, Karakuri. Ocado’s investment led a $9.1 million seed round in Karakuri, which also included Hoxton Ventures, firstminute Capital and Taylor Brothers. Karakuri makes two different food robots: The DK-One, a more industrial robot that can assemble (not cook) 48…
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Robots are best for jobs that are any combination of the three Ds: dull, dirty or dangerous. Inspecting industrial food and beverage tanks seems like all of those wrapped into one, which helps explain why Invert Robotics just closed an $8.8 million funding round, the company announced today. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Invert Robotics…
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If you live in the state of Washington, you could soon be walking alongside delivery robots on the sidewalk, thanks to new legislation signed today by Washington governor Jay Inslee. House Bill 1325 creates a regulatory framework that personal delivery devices (a.k.a. delivery robots) must follow. The new legislation defines personal delivery devices as: Intended…
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