Baxter read our minds and Floppy flipped burgers. Another robot called Sally is now preparing our salads. A company called Chowbotics Inc., has reportedly raised $5 million in a venture to help develop food service robots.
Believing that it has got the food industry figured out, Chowbotics' says its robots would be able to cater to just about anywhere humans might need to eat. Accordingly, Sally is the company's flagship product.
Sally is a salad-creating robot that makes use of no fewer than 20 canisters of ingredients, capable of producing 1,000 different kinds of salads, Digital Trends reported. Several businesses reportedly agreed to put Sally to the test, with pilot programs in California and Texas, an Italian restaurant and a co-working space in San Francisco.
Working versions of Sally can be stationed in the kitchen where servers will take the order out to customers, and another is that it can operate like a vending machine, placing orders via touch screen and paying through credit card, according to Tech Crunch.
People watching their calorie intake will be elated to know that each preparation is precisely measured. Customers will know exactly how many calories are going into the food they order. Chowbotics CEO and founder Deepak Sekar hopes that fast food and quick service restaurants will start using Sally to attract health-conscious patrons.
Fast food salads types are limited to very few choices, and each can be over 400 calories per serving. Sally customers can rely on Chowbotics provided recipes, or key in their own and Sally will make it on the spot.
Chowbotics plan to use its newly raised capital towards hiring staff, manufacturing and to the development of new robots that will accompany Sally, and have the capability to produce other types of food. According to Sekar, they are looking into burritos, tacos and certain types of ethnic foods.
