Automated Pizza, Salads Creep Closer to Mainstream
In a flurry of robotic restaurant news, the potential for pizza or salads made by robots is creeping closer to Main Street. Automated pizza-making company Picnic just announced its devices are now available for commercial use. Piestro, another robotic pizza-making...
Zume Partners for Open-Source PFA-Free Food Packaging
In a move Zume calls an unprecedented technological breakthrough, the tech-focused developer of sustainable packaging has created a substitute for single-use plastics it is open sourcing in partnership with Solenis for food packaging manufacturers and consumer...
Qu’s Streamlined POS Attracts Genghis Grill Partnership
“We think the POS has gone far beyond what it was originally created to do, and if it hasn’t, it needs to. As consumers—if you think about it—all you want is to be served food when and where we want it,” states Amir Hudda. Hudda, CEO of point-of-sale tech company Qu...
Zume Building First Renewable-Powered Compostable Packaging Factory
Zume, a tech-focused pizza brand that morphed into a developer of robots and sustainable packaging, secured $122 million to build the world’s first compostable packaging factory powered entirely by renewable energy. After spending years building bespoke packaging...
Amazon Expands Delivery Robot Program in Helsinki
Amazon is expanding its work on Amazon Scout, the company’s land-based delivery robot. The delivery giant is hiring a team of engineers and developing new software to help simulate real-world conditions its robots will face out on the streets. With these...
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