Join me and Rajat Bhageria from Chef Robotics for a fascinating conversation about AI, food and robotics. I think that the Chef Robotics team is going to be very busy.
Whether it's adding one robot to an assembly line or six, Chef systems can be utilized in whatever capacity makes sense for a food production facility.
Roboticist, Founder, CEO at Chef Robotics (We're hiring!)
This is an example of what Chef systems looks like in production. Here, six robots are being utilized to assemble two different meals across production lines.
People are still involved in the process, but in a different capacity. On production lines with fewer robots, people can work directly alongside the robots while utilizing them to alleviate a portion of the workload related to assembling meals. On fully automated lines, humans are empowered to act as robot operators, overseeing that production runs smoothly and making any adjustments as needed.
In this webinar, you'll learn how Chef systems can augment your production workforce, improve deposit consistency, minimize food waste, increase volumes, and deliver cost savings within the first year.
This webinar is ideal for food manufacturers, fresh and frozen prepared meal brands, co-packers, food service providers, and airline catering companies.
In this webinar, you'll learn how Chef systems can augment your production workforce, improve deposit consistency, minimize food waste, increase volumes, and deliver cost savings within the first year.
This webinar is ideal for food manufacturers, fresh and frozen prepared meal brands, co-packers, food service providers, and airline catering companies.
Food is inherently variable. An ingredient will never be prepared exactly the same way twice, as the way food is grown, stored, cut, etc. varies slightly each time.
At Chef, we've developed a first-of-its-kind AI food manipulation model, ChefOS, that possesses the intelligence necessary to adapt to the variability of food. ChefOS, paired with our originally-designed utensil attachments, enables us to pick almost any ingredient, of any portion size, and place it in any compartment within any container.
Utensils are attached at the end of each robot's arm, and can easily be switched out to accommodate whatever ingredient a robot is plating. Switching out a utensil is as easy as unpinning the current utensil in use and sliding it off the grooves at the ends of a robot's arm, and sliding a new utensil on and pinning it into place.
Whether you're assembling meals that consist of grains, proteins, sauces, or toppings, and whether these ingredients are dry, sticky, smooth, or mushy, we've designed utensils that can work with ingredients of all different textures and consistencies.
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AI and robotics will have a massive impact on every physical world industry. And given the food labor shortage of over 1.1M people in the US, there's a compelling reason why the world needs AI and robotics to meet demand of food. Over time, we also hope that we can drive down the cost of fresh food.
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Not enough people are paying attention to the massive effect AI and robotics will have on local food systems.
Right now, large players are getting most of the benefit.
Take Chef Robotics; they recently came out of stealth, sharing that they've produced 20 million meals for brands like Amy’s Kitchen, Sunbasket, and Chef Bombay.
These AI-enabled robotics are deeply impressive. It’s early days, but it seems that Chef Robotics is addressing significant labor shortages and inefficiencies in food production, achieving remarkable improvements in productivity and waste reduction.
These are massively expensive systems, but I anticipate the deprecation effect will be significant enough to make robotics a staple in most commercial kitchens.
Within 10 years, automation will add a multiplier effect to local food systems, making it easier for people to eat higher quality, prepared foods at much lower costs.
Roboticist, Founder, CEO at Chef Robotics (We're hiring!)
Here's a glimpse into the variety of ingredients Chef robots can work with! From grains to proteins to toppings to sauces, Chef can adapt to plate almost any ingredient using a AI model trained to manipulate the ingredient and by swapping out the utensil attachment found on the end of each robot arm.
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Curious what Chef's systems look like in action?
Here we're at our customer Intelligent Food's facilities assembling meals consisting of early finger foods for young eaters. Chef's robots work collaboratively, each handling one ingredient and taking up the same footprint as one human.
They are designed to work safely alongside humans by ISO/TS 15066: 2016, making them much safer to work alongside than traditional automation equipment in the food industry. Their ability to easily slide on and off a production line allows them to supplement the work of employees without any permanent installation or difficult set up required.
Chef's collaborative nature allows you to partially automate a line, enabling humans and robots to work side-by-side for maximum efficiency.
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