Chipotle tests Autocado, a cobotic avocado processing prototype, at the Chipotle Cultivate Center in Irvine, California.

Telexistence’s TX SCARA robots can handle the specialized work of replenishing shelves in refrigerators with bottles and cans. 

The GAEMI indoor hotel delivery robot has received significant amounts of development and improvement through each iteration of the platform resulting in this all-new third generation.

Karakuri spent the last several months trying to secure funding, but talks with a food-service equipment manufacturer fell apart. Ocado owns 20% of Karakuri.

WTWH Media continues to strengthen its B2B media portfolio.

Serve Robotics has given more insight into the scope of its partnership with Uber Technologies, which was announced in November 2021.

CAYTU Robotics, a startup based in Dakar, Senegal, has partnered with BYU to roll out its robotic delivery service on the campus.

The latest deployment builds on Carkten and Uber Eats’ successful pilot of autonomous deliveries in Miami, Florida. 

Fulfil Solutions announced that it is emerging from stealth mode with $60 million in Series B financing for its grocery fulfillment system.

Soft Robotics brought in $26 million in the first closing of its Series C funding round to expand commercial deployment of its mGripAI.

The industry set a new record for robot sales in Q2 of 2022 with 12,305 robots sold, according to the Association for Advancing Automation.

Telexistence’s restocking robots are being deployed in 300 convenience stores in Japan to restock beverages.

The new ABB IRB 365 FlexPicker can pick, reorient and place 1 kg products 120 times per minute.

PuduBot 2 includes a better battery and a new sensor suite as well as new navigation algorithms to improve robot operations.

DoorDash acquired Chowbotics, maker of the Sally vending machine-like robot, in February 2021.

Nala Robotics’ Pizzaiola uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to precisely replicate pizzeria-style foods.

Remy Robotics hopes to bring its delivery-only restaurant business to more locations, and offer its robotic kitchen to food operators.

Myrmex acquisition could enable faster rollout of AFL across Ocado Group’s global CFC footprint, as well as open up new opportunities for the development of bespoke automation solutions for the Ocado Smart Platform.

The ABB Depalletizer Solution uses vision guidance to easily identify boxes to pick from a pallet, regardless of size and orientation.

Dexai Robotics’ sous-chef robot, Alfred, is currently prepping salads at the Monarch Dining Facility of Travis Air Force Base.

Hyphen plans to use the funding to build out its factory, expand into new markets and more.

Flippy 2 can perform twice as many food preparation tasks as the original robot, such as basket filling, emptying and returning.