Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.37
…applications, ranging from hospitals and homes to factories, stores, restaurants and more. “Robotics Foundation Models require access to a vast amount of high-quality multimodal data,” said Peter Chen, CEO and co-founder at Covariant. “These models require data that reflects the wide range of information a robot needs to make decisions, including text, images, video, physical measurements and robot actions.” Since 2017, Covariant’s previous AI models have enabled robots to operate in a commercially meaningful way across a diverse set of warehouse operations and industries. These robots have been able to adapt to their environment, understand the scenes they are faced…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.98
…new director, Peter Haas. He comes to MassTech from restaurant robotics company Avendly, where Hass most recently served as CEO. Prior to his startup work, Haas served as the research director for computer vision AI software at IDC and the associate director of Brown University’s Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative. He has spoken at The Economist’s World Ahead Gala and DHL Robotics Days, and he was on the qualifying teams for both the AI and robotic Avatar X-PRIZE competitions. “The robotics cluster in Massachusetts is leading the way among robotics clusters across the nation. It is a powerhouse in warehouse and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.21
…on visual sensors and more color options. In 2024, restaurant and retail customers expect seamless experiences tailored to their preferences by brands that can anticipate their next desire. Businesses facing an unprecedented labor shortage are turning to robots to deliver such an experience. In addition to delivering food and returning items, KettyBot can attract, greet and guide customers in dynamic environments while generating advertising revenue, reducing overhead and enhancing the in-store experience. KettyBot in the restaurant robotics industry “We hear from various businesses that it’s hard to maintain adequate service levels due to staff being overwhelmed and stretched thin,” said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.84
…company has focused on sushi robots to help the restaurant industry. After an employee contest in the 1980s yielded a children’s toy sushi maker, AUTEC combined its audio manufacturing and sushi robotics background to develop the world’s first automatic sushi maker for home use in 1984 with the ASM50 Nigirikko. In the present, AUTEC provides several robots to help restaurants with their sushi-making production. The ASM890A is the latest offering by the company that aims to increase business efficiency and simplify operations while maintaining levels of authenticity in the sushi making craft. Automation in the restaurant industry AUTEC also recently…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.71
…their robotic fleet. The services cover a wide array of robots, ranging from industrial automation, supply chain, service, hospitality, restaurant, kitchen automation, drones, drone boxes and cleaning. Roboworx in the ARO umbrella The new subsidiary brand will utilize ARO's extensive experiences in customer success, while also employing its own team of customer success agents and technicians. Roboworx will handle the technical aspects of robotics and personalized customer service to meet the needs of its clients.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.67
…Group, a holding company using technology to transform the restaurant and retail industries, is teaming up with Miso Robotics, creator of Flippy, the world's first AI-powered robotic fry station, and PopID, a technology company specializing in ordering and payments using biometrics, to open the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. CalifExpress by Flippy™ utilizes the most advanced systems in food technology—grill and fry stations are fully automated, powered by proprietary leading-edge artificial intelligence and robotics. Guests will watch their food being cooked robotically after checking in with their PopID accounts on self-ordering kiosks to get personalized order recommendations and make easy…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.83
…sparkling water or health-conscious soda options from my favorite restaurant?” The company asserted that its systems can dispense fresh ingredients; highly viscous ingredients; ingredients with particulates; and pulp, dairy, and more. Sidework credited its novel storage, pumping, and refrigeration capabilities. With a single dispenser, “operators can dispense a diverse and high-quality beverage menu that adapts to shifting consumer tastes and various factors, such as the time of day, without any hassle,” said the company. A sample menu could include iced pumpkin-spiced lattes, a variety of flavored sparkling waters, and craft sodas to cater to the lunch crowd. It could then…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.33
…match to build robots for outer space, farms, or restaurants,” he added. “With our whole software stack and a teach pendant, developers can be up and running in a matter of weeks.” PickNik built MoveIt Studio on its MoveIt motion-planning and manipulation software. It added that companies are already using MoveIt Studio for systems combining robot arms and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for in-situ bin picking. “With MoveIt Studio, companies can quickly prototype new behaviors in a low-code environment,” Coleman said. “Developers can customize them to the environment for pick and place, opening doors, or pushing buttons.” He noted that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.39
Time and convenience are essential for customers of quick-serve restaurants, or QSRs. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Flytrex Inc. today announced Autonomous Pickup. The company said it enables a fully autonomous delivery process—from order placement through pick-up and delivery to customers’ yards. Flytrex claimed that its new capability can cut delivery times to about five minutes from the time orders are ready, creating growth opportunities for QSRs and family-owned restaurants. “What’s so unique about this innovation is its real potential to move the needle, with more and more businesses getting on board with an undeniably seamless and cost-effective process,” stated Yariv Bash,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.30
…matter whether the job is serving food at a restaurant, helping patients at a hospital, or designing robots to go to Mars.” InOrbit offers RobOps to educators Mountain View, Calif.-based InOrbit said its RobOps platform empowers developers and end users to maximize the potential of every robot at scale. The company said its multi-cloud platform enables efficient robot operations. It also provides observability through secure, real-time analytics and data collection, robot performance monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis. The InOrbit Education Edition delivers key benefits to teachers and students, said InOrbit: Free forever: RobOps tools available at absolutely no cost…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.51
…perform tasks that require speed and correctness. As the restaurant industry struggles to return to pre-pandemic levels and continues to navigate workforce shortages, robotics can help to fill the gap. This project will build upon Dexai Robotics’ existing product by doubling improvement on ingredient pickup robot moving time, improving the planning time for utensil pickup, and improving on meal throughput. While the use case is focused on the food industry, the deliverables from this project could benefit the broader robotics community by increasing speed and accuracy for almost any robotic manufacturing application. Manipulating Fabric with Robots for Pick-and-Place Operations Project…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.11
…to fill in stores, but also in fast-food joints, restaurants, and grocery stores. Add an AMR into the mix, and such establishments may stay afloat, keep pace, and keep the fire going with fewer employees. In the article “Tech-enabled grocery stores: Lower costs, better experience,” writers from McKinsey & Company described the scenario well, citing examples of how AMRs are at the cusp of being a true value-add to the labor component of running a grocery chain store. “Grocers have been dabbling in robotics to manage these activities for the past several years, but two recent developments have changed the…