Automated restaurant
Encyclopedia
Automated restaurant or robotic restaurant is a restaurant
that uses robot
s to do tasks such as delivering food and drinks to the tables and/or to cook the food. Such a robots are hired to replace human labour
(such as waiter
s and chef
s).
. Orders at the restaurant are called in from the booths on a telephone and delivered via a overhead rail system called "Skat Cat". A mechanical arm stops the orders at the platform above the tables, which then lowers to deliver the food. Actual humans bring the drinks.
, Germany
. The restaurant features a metallic tracks that sends food and drinks directly to the tables. Customers order on touch screens, swipe their cards on built in readers, and wait for their food with a read-out that shows when the food is expected to be delivered.
restaurant located in Nagoya, Japan
. The restaurant features a fully autonomous robotic chef and assistant chef. The robots perform all of the cooking tasks needed to make 80 bowls per day, serve the customers who come to the small restaurant and entertain in a stand-up comedy play during the customers dining experience. They also spin dishes and perform mock duels. The restaurant sells a regular noodle bowl with a pork broth-based soup which is made in about a minute and forty seconds. Although it has yet to make a profit, diners note that they cannot tell the difference in taste.
, Thailand
. The restaurant features a samurai-shaped robots as a waiters that slide all the way to the customers table, bring the order, clean tables, and even do a dance routine to entertain guests. According to the owner of restaurant, the samurai robot waiters cost $930,000, but with the popularity this place is enjoying, he is sure to get his money back very soon.
, China
. The restaurant features six custom built robot servers and two more feminine robots that greet customers as they enter. While people cook the food, the service bots deliver the meals by “riding” bicycles along a well marked track. The restaurant can currently serve about 100 customers at a time at 21 different tables. Shandong Dalu Science and Technology Company, which created the restaurant, has plans to expand to 40 machines.
Tek Temal, an electrical engineer from Sydney
, have designed "Hyper Slicer, a shawarma slicing robot that uses pressure sensing to get the perfect number of slices from the circumference of the meat.
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
that uses robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
s to do tasks such as delivering food and drinks to the tables and/or to cook the food. Such a robots are hired to replace human labour
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
(such as waiter
Waiter
Waiting staff, wait staff, or waitstaff are those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending customers — supplying them with food and drink as requested. Traditionally, a male waiting tables is called a "waiter" and a female a "waitress" with the gender-neutral version being a "server"...
s and chef
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
s).
Fritz's Railroad Restaurant
Fritz's Railroad Restaurant is a restaurant located in Kansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. Orders at the restaurant are called in from the booths on a telephone and delivered via a overhead rail system called "Skat Cat". A mechanical arm stops the orders at the platform above the tables, which then lowers to deliver the food. Actual humans bring the drinks.
's Baggers Restaurant
's Baggers Restaurant is a restaurant located in NurembergNuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The restaurant features a metallic tracks that sends food and drinks directly to the tables. Customers order on touch screens, swipe their cards on built in readers, and wait for their food with a read-out that shows when the food is expected to be delivered.
FuA-Men Restaurant
FuA-Men (Fully Automated raMen) Restaurant is a ramenRamen
is a Japanese noodle dish. It consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served in a meat- or fish-based broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso, and uses toppings such as , , kamaboko, green onions, and occasionally corn...
restaurant located in Nagoya, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The restaurant features a fully autonomous robotic chef and assistant chef. The robots perform all of the cooking tasks needed to make 80 bowls per day, serve the customers who come to the small restaurant and entertain in a stand-up comedy play during the customers dining experience. They also spin dishes and perform mock duels. The restaurant sells a regular noodle bowl with a pork broth-based soup which is made in about a minute and forty seconds. Although it has yet to make a profit, diners note that they cannot tell the difference in taste.
Hajime Robot Restaurant
Hajime Robot Restauran is a Japanese restaurant located in BangkokBangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. The restaurant features a samurai-shaped robots as a waiters that slide all the way to the customers table, bring the order, clean tables, and even do a dance routine to entertain guests. According to the owner of restaurant, the samurai robot waiters cost $930,000, but with the popularity this place is enjoying, he is sure to get his money back very soon.
Dalu Robot Restaurant
Dalu Robot Restaurant is a restaurant located in JinanJinan
Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. The restaurant features six custom built robot servers and two more feminine robots that greet customers as they enter. While people cook the food, the service bots deliver the meals by “riding” bicycles along a well marked track. The restaurant can currently serve about 100 customers at a time at 21 different tables. Shandong Dalu Science and Technology Company, which created the restaurant, has plans to expand to 40 machines.
Shawarma slicing robot
Alkadur RobotSystems have designed "Doner-Robot", a shawarma slicing robot that is guided by an overhead camera. The robot is already installed in restaurants around the world.Tek Temal, an electrical engineer from Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, have designed "Hyper Slicer, a shawarma slicing robot that uses pressure sensing to get the perfect number of slices from the circumference of the meat.