Cafe X Shuts Down its Three Downtown San Francisco Locations
Cafe X, the robot coffee chain, shuttered its three downtown San Francisco locations. The San Francisco Chronicle was first to report the news, and Cafe X Co-Founder and CEO Henry […]
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Here’s Your Handy CES 2020 Food and Kitchen Tech Preview & Walking Guide
Heading to CES? Make sure to wear comfortable shoes, bring some Tylenol, and get ready for lots of food and cooking tech! Having gone to the world’s biggest consumer tech […]
2019 Was Not the Year We Welcomed Our Robot Overlords
Almost exactly a year ago, I predicted that “2019 Will Be a Breakthrough Year for Food Robots.” Whether I was right or wrong in that prognostication probably depends on how […]
Kiwi Unveils New Name and a New Robot (That Can Get Food From Vending Machines!)
Words matter. That’s a lesson I hope robot delivery startup learned earlier this week when it sent out an email saying “We want to let you know that we will […]
Cafe X Opens New Version of its Robot Barista in San Jose Airport
If you flew into/out of the San Jose Airport over the past Thanksgiving holiday — bummer! You just missed having a robot make and serve you a latte. Cafe X […]
Will New Regulations Rain on the Rise of Vending Machines?
From the hot ramen dispensing Yo-Kai Express to fresh salads whipped up by Chowbotics’ Sally, we are entering a golden age of vending machines. Tucked into just about any corner […]
Chowbotics Rolls Out New Sally 2.0 Robot Salad Maker
Chowbotics announced the release of its new Sally 2.0 robot salad making machine today. According to a press release sent to The Spoon, the new machine features a larger tablet […]
Chowbotics Gets a New CEO as Founder Moves to President Role
Chowbotics, maker of Sally the salad making robot, announced yesterday that Rick Wilmer will be the company’s new CEO (hat tip to FE&S magazine). Founder and former CEO Deepak Sekar […]
Chowbotics is Sending Sally the Salad Making Robot Off to College(s)
Chowbotics is packing up Sally the salad making robot and sending it off to college. Well, many colleges actually, as the food robotics startup is set to announce next week […]
Briggo Lands its Robot Barista at the SFO Airport Next Month
If you have an early flight out of San Francisco International (SFO) airport at the end of next month, you can caffeinate up with the help of Briggo’s robot barista. […]
EKIM Raises €10M for Autonomous Robot Pizza Restaurant, Rebrands as PAZZI
Given its rich culinary history, France might not be the first place to come to mind when thinking about autonomous restaurant chains, but French robot-pizza restaurant PAZZI (formerly known as […]
Will Data Ruin Dining Out?
If given the choice, my eight-year-old son would eat the same thing for every meal: kid’s bean-n-cheese burrito with black beans (no rice) and sour cream and guacamole. Every. Time. […]
