Walmart’s Drone Delivery Service Expands Wings in Dallas
Walmart is expanding sky-high deliveries in Dallas by teaming with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. The aerial service is set to take flight “in the coming weeks” first from a Walmart Supercenter in Frisco,...
Starship Delivery Robots Roll out to more Campuses with Updated Tech
As the school year approaches and students ramp up to head back to campus, so are delivery bots. Starship Technologies has announced it added additional schools to its roster, now serving 50 college campuses across the U.S Added schools include Wichita State...
Fazoli’s Tests AI to Streamline Drive-Thru Services
For Fazoli’s, investing in off-premises services began in 1998 when the Kentucky-based chain became one of the first to offer customers quick-service Italian from the comfort of their own cars. “Drive-thru has been a key part of our DNA dating back to our inception 35...
Donatos Looks to New Markets with Autonomous Pizza Vending Machine
Donatos and its sister companies Agápe Automation and Grote Company have partnered with robotics company Appetronix to create a fully autonomous pizza vending machine. Although still in development, the model will resemble Toronto-based Appetronix’s Asian cuisine bot...
Chipotle Tests ‘Autocado” a Guacamole Prep Robot
Chipotle aims to slash employee time spent preparing their signature guacamole with a new robotic prototype. Dubbed the “Autocado” the machine cuts, cores and peels avocados before they are hand mashed and additional ingredients added. How it works: An employee...
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