Topic: Restaurant

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Real Life Robotics Partners With InDro Robotics to Support Last Mile Robotic Delivery

May 10, 2023 · Real Life Robotics, which has developed systems for robotic delivery at scale, has partnered with InDro Robotics to support and scale systems to address labor shortages.

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Robotics for the Rest of Us: Automation in Small and Midsize Businesses

April 27, 2023 · Small and midsize businesses can now more easily adopt robotics and automation, thanks to technical improvements, the robotics a service model, and services from robot providers.

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Flytrex Releases ‘Yardstick’ Report on 2022 Drone Delivery Customer Trends

March 28, 2023 · Flytrex reported that its drone deliveries continued to expand in North Carolina and Texas in 2022, with sevenfold growth year over year and 21,350 orders.

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RobotLAB Expands to Bogota, Columbia, Offering Technology and Support to Latin America

February 17, 2023 · RobotLAB will offer its robotics integration services and the latest technologies to the Latin American educational, hospitality, and other markets through its new Columbia team.

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Ottonomy.IO Unveils Ottobot Yeti Robot for Unattended Deliveries at CES 2023

January 4, 2023 · Ottonomy, which demonstrated its autonomous delivery robots at airports and other locations over the past year, unveiled Ottobot Yeti and its roadmap at CES 2023.

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North American Robot Sales on Track for Another Record Year in 2022, Says A3

December 21, 2022 · North American robot sales continue to grow to record levels, with more than 35,000 purchased in the first nine months of 2022, reported the Association for Advancing Automation.

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Botrista CEO Says Automation Can Help Rescue Shorthanded Restaurants

November 21, 2022 · Botrista said its DrinkBot offers more sustainable beverage dispensing while freeing scarce staffers for customer service, offering a model for restaurant automation.

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Gausium and SoftBank Robotics America to Expand Service Robot Deployments Across U.S. Market

October 10, 2022 · Gausium's X1 performs automated food service, while the Scrubber 50 Pro works alongside commercial cleaning teams scrubbing, sweeping, dust mopping, and sanitizing.

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Charleys Philly Steaks Partners With Flytrex to Bring Flying Cheesesteaks to Durham, N.C.

September 29, 2022 · Charleys, which claims to be the largest cheesesteak franchise in the world, has partnered with Flytrex for fast service as the drone delivery firm keeps expanding.

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Ottonomy Closes Seed Round and Launches Ottobot 2.0 Autonomous Delivery Robot

August 2, 2022 · Ottonomy has raised $3 million to scale its Ottobot 2.0 for fully autonomous deliveries both indoors and outdoors. The modular robots are designed for the retail, hospitality, and food industries.

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5 Interesting Ice Cream Robot Makers to Follow

July 30, 2022 · As we enter into the third month of summer, here are some robot makers designing systems to serve up ice cream and more.

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Flytrex Receives FAA Approval to Double Drone Delivery Radius to Two Nautical Miles

July 28, 2022 · Flytrex, which is conducting drone deliveries in North Carolina and Texas, said its latest FAA approval will enable it to serve more than 100,000 customers.

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Chipotle Cultivate Next Fund Invests in Hyphen, Developer of Makeline Kitchen Robotics

July 22, 2022 · Chipotle's $50 million Cultivate Next venture fund has invested in its first cohort of companies, including Hyphen, whose Makeline automation assembles digital restaurant orders.

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Pudu Robotics Rolls Out PuduBot 2 Universal Delivery Robot

July 19, 2022 · Five years after introducing its first PudoBot, Pudu Robotics has released the PudoBot 2, which it said has more battery life, increased stability, and greater navigation capabilities.

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Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant Test-Drives Servi Hospitality Robot From Bear Robotics

June 24, 2022 · Abeulo's Mexican Restaurant said it wanted to capitalize on the benefits of Bear Robotics' mobile service robots to improve worker productivity and customer satisfaction.

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After Successful Pilot, Chartwells to Deploy Picnic Works’ Pizza Station Robot Across Five U.S. Universities

June 18, 2022 · Order up. Food service management company Chartwells will be placing Picnic’s pizza making robots at an initial five universities across the country.

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Miso Robotics to Pilot Flippy 2 Robot With Americana Restaurants at Wimpy in Dubai Mall

June 16, 2022 · Miso Robotics plans to expand deployments of its Flippy 2 frying robot worldwide, starting with a flagship hamburger eatery run by Americana Restaurants in Dubai.

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Wing Zone Partners With Miso Robotics to Standardize Flippy 2 In Future Restaurant Builds

May 28, 2022 · Wing Zone is extending its partnership with Miso Robotics and installing its Flippy 2 fry cooking robot at all of its future stores.

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Ally Robotics Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Affordable Robot Arms for Restaurants, Other Industries

May 20, 2022 · Ally Robotics is raising up to $8.5 million in seed capital and said Miso Robotics plans to use its low-cost, no-code robot arms for its Flippy frying system.

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Robot Deliveries Grow as Rising Fuel Prices Squeeze Food Service Industry

May 19, 2022 · Robot deliveries can help restaurants and "ghost kitchens" respond to shifting e-commerce demand and high gas prices, says Coco, which is scaling up its service.

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