Restaurants are using automation to tackle mundane but important tasks, and in some cases fit into previously impractical high foot-traffic locations. Here’s how Jack in the Box, Wing Zone and Jamba are adding robotics to the equation.
Building the Automated Kitchen was a fascinating panel at the Food On Demand Conference, and not just because Flippy, Sippy and other neato robots are taking over unpleasant tasks while allowing human former fry cooks to be redeployed.
Jack in the Box has a new robot employee manning the grill and the fry station.
Strolling down a San Francisco city street on vacation a couple of years ago, husband Doug and I happened upon a coffee shop.