Chef Robotics Prepares To Wheel Into Ghost Kitchens
The usual trajectory for a company is to start small before going big. Chef Robotics is doing the opposite. Starting in 2022, it placed its AI-powered robots in high-volume, high-mix environments: large industrial kitchens that handle hundreds of SKUs in producing...
Kitchen Robotics Installs a Robot Kitchen At Florida International University
Imagine you’re a freshman at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. You’re strolling the campus. Your 10 a.m. class is out of the way. Your next one isn’t until 2. You’re hungry. What to do? Maybe order something. But wait? Didn’t some kid in the dorm say...
Golden Chick Hatches a New Tech Platform
The last time the server went down was the last straw for Brian Loescher, president of Golden Chick Franchising, the QSR with 230 locations. “The server we were using was not cloud-based and when it crashed you had to package it up and mail it to the service...
Toast Unveils a Branded Mobile App and Text Marketing Capabilities
Toast, the do-it-all technology platform, aspires to have an Adam Smith influence on restaurants. It provides the tech, it stays in the background, it guides with an invisible hand. With its new fall product release, which includes a branded-mobile app and...
Uber and Avride Are Bringing Delivery Robots and Autonomous Vehicles to City Streets
Austin, Texas, is known for many things: great music, tasty barbecue, bats under bridges. And soon, Uber Eats meals delivered by sidewalk robots. Uber and Austin-based robot and autonomous vehicle manufacturer Avride announced a multiyear partnership for delivery...
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