Is IdeaLab’s Bill Gross Building a Food Prep and Delivery Robot?
Every now and then, an interesting patent appears in patent searches that make you wonder exactly what someone’s up to. Now, don’t get me wrong. Patents are issued all the […]
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Food Robots Everywhere: Starship Hits Fifty Schools While Yo-Kai Aims for All Fifty States
Just in the last day, two food robot startups have shared some deployment data that make clear they – and the broader space – appear to be getting some traction. […]
Barsys Makes Case For Adding Style to Bartender Robot Category With the Barsys 360
Home cocktail-making appliances have gone through lots of phases since we started writing about them in 2016. We’ve seen everything from pod-based systems from Bartesian and Drinkworks to DIY approaches […]
Sidewalk Delivery Startup Serve Robotics To Go Public via Reverse Merger
Serve Robotics, the sidewalk delivery robot startup that began life as a research project within Postmates called X, is going public via reverse merger, The Spoon has learned. The news, […]
Take a Peek at TechMagic’s Robot Ramen Restaurant in the Heart of Shibuya
Last year when I visited Tokyo, I ate at a fully robotic pasta restaurant called E Vino Spaghetti. from a Japanese startup called TechMagic. Built by a Japanese startup TechMagic, […]
Kroger Begins Testing Cake Printing Robot From Beehex at Location in Ohio
Late last month, grocery giant Kroger began to trial the use of a cake-printing robot made by Beehex in the Gahanna, Ohio, location, The Spoon has learned. The new Cake […]
Vebu Scores Deal (and Investment) With Chipotle to Trial Avocado Processing Robot
Last week, Mexican food fast-casual chain Chipotle lifted the curtain on a new avocado processing robot called the Autocado. The new prototype robot, developed in partnership with food robotics innovation […]
MIT & NVIDIA Researchers Are Building Tech That Could Enable Better Kitchen-Robot Precision
This week, a group of researchers from MIT and NVIDIA are showing off a system that one day may be pivotal in helping our robot chef make dinner without making […]
Researchers at Cal Poly Are Studying The Social Impact of AI & Robotics on the World of Food
Last fall, a group of researchers at Cal Poly was awarded a $700 thousand grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the social and ethical impacts of AI […]
Karakuri Joins The Growing List of Food Robot Startups That Have Shut Down
More bad news on the food robot front. Karakuri, a startup that made a robotic food kiosk that assembles various cold and hot ingredients into prepared meals, is shutting down, […]
Sweetgreen: We’re Going Full Robot
Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman told investors this week at William Blair’s Growth Stock conference that the company plans to have its Infinite Kitchen robotic makeline installed at all new locations […]
Robot Restaurant Concepts Have Struggled. Will Kernel Buck The Trend?
Last month, the NY Post revealed that Chipotle founder Steve Ells is plotting a comeback with an automation-heavy restaurant concept called Kernel. According to the Post, who viewed the startup’s […]
