Robots

Restaurants Tapping Robot Servers Risk Repeating Past Mistakes
Restaurants Tapping Robot Servers Risk Repeating Past Mistakes
November 30, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Table-service restaurants are turning to robotics to weather labor challenges, but it is too soon to say whether these robots are the waitstaff of the...

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Street Robot Vending Machine Cooks Healthy Food Fast
Street Robot Vending Machine Cooks Healthy Food Fast
November 24, 2021  |  Innovation

A street robot vending machine can prepare healthy food from vegetables and cereals in under one minute, and can cook as many as 1,000 different...

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Shopping Bots See New Use During Holiday Season
Shopping Bots See New Use During Holiday Season
November 21, 2021  |  Retail

Shopping bots, which can search retail sites automatically, are the rise as a way to help parents shop for Christmas gifts in lieu of searching...

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Google Invests in Robot Delivery Company Nuro
Google Invests in Robot Delivery Company Nuro
November 02, 2021  |  Investments

Google was a surprise investor in autonomous driving platform Nuro during a recent $600 million Series D fundraising round that will help the company accelerate...

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Hybrid Robot/Human Picking Can Ease eGrocers’ Labor Challenges
Hybrid Robot/Human Picking Can Ease eGrocers’ Labor Challenges
October 29, 2021  |  Retail

Online grocery has come a long way in the past 20 months, but as adoption grew more quickly than anyone could have anticipated in early...

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Restaurant Roundup: Robotic Delivery Expands as eCommerce Comes for Breakfast
Restaurant Roundup: Robotic Delivery Expands as eCommerce Comes for Breakfast
October 29, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

Robotic food delivery is becoming increasingly common. C3 by SBE, the Beverly Hills-based food tech company behind 40 virtual and physical restaurant brands, announced Thursday...

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Drone Delivery Expands as Robots, Humans Race to Meet Consumers’ On-Demand Food Needs
Drone Delivery Expands as Robots, Humans Race to Meet Consumers’ On-Demand Food Needs
October 26, 2021  |  Delivery

As consumers, restaurants and third parties continue to struggle with the economics of delivery, the race to find alternatives to using human drivers is heating...

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Jamba Takes Advantage of Self-Service Demand to Ease Labor Challenges with Robotic Kiosks
Jamba Takes Advantage of Self-Service Demand to Ease Labor Challenges with Robotic Kiosks
October 06, 2021  |  ResTech

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Amazon Announces Home Robot, Ring Drone, Elder Care Service, ‘Hey, Disney,’ More
Amazon Announces Home Robot, Ring Drone, Elder Care Service, ‘Hey, Disney,’ More
September 28, 2021  |  Amazon

Amazon on Tuesday (Sept. 28) announced several new products it expects to launch in the coming months and beyond, including a home robot named Astro,...

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