Happy Cashier Survives an Internet Backlash. Can It Survive Kiosks?
I became aware of virtual cashiers in 2022 when I strolled into a Freshii store in downtown Minneapolis. I heard a voice greeting me. I couldn’t tell from where. I saw actual human beings behind a counter preparing meals. But they had their heads down. Then I heard it...
PizzaForno Brings the First Pizza Vending Machine To California
The dream of every college student is now a reality: a pizza vending machine, open 24/7. Now if something can be done about 8 a.m. classes. Toronto-based PizzaForno has rolled out this gooey fantasy in its first California location in Rancho Cordova. The vending...
OLHSO Launches an Automated Mobile Restaurant
It’s one thing to make an order through an app and wait for the food to arrive. It’s another to make an order through an app and wait for the restaurant to arrive. Such is the promise of OLHSO, which is a Korean BBQ & seafood food truck that uses robots in...
Curbit Partners With Microsoft for AI and Pushes for 100,000 Restaurants
It was last November when Curbit, a restaurant capacity-management platform, announced that it had signed up Smashburger. That made noise. And now it’s back with news that it is partnering with Microsoft to offer enhanced machine-learning capabilities for its clients,...
Starship Delivery Bots Head to New U.S. Campuses
This fall, Starship is rolling out more autonomous delivery robots to U.S college campuses. Already present at 50 campuses, Starship is adding Georgia Institute of Technology, Southeast Missouri State University, University of New Mexico, Prairie View A&M...
Outstanding Operators
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