Moley Robotics

Moley Robotics develops an automated robot for the kitchen that can prepare meals from a growing library of recipes from around the world and clean up afterward. The robot comes with robotic arms, an oven, a hob and touchscreen, and can be controlled via the touchscreen or a mobile application. Cameras and sensors facilitate the movement of the robot, such as locating utensils as well as detecting and cleaning up dishes or spilled food. It can learn recipes via a machine learning algorithm. The product mainly targets restaurants, airlines, kitchen developers, and chef training schools.

A prototype of the product premiered at Hannover Messe, the international robotics show in 2015, claiming to be the world's first robotic kitchen making its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. The product comes in two models, “Moley R” and “Moley X,” with the latter being a basic Moley kitchen without the robotic arms. Moley R is priced at GBP 248,000 (approximately USD 340,000) while Moley X, upgradeable to R, is available for GBP 99,099 (approximately USD 136,000). In contrast, similar product developers, like Canada-based YPC Technologies, plan to launch products in a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) subscription-based model ranging between CAD 3,000–CAD 10,000 (USD 2,350–USD 7,850) per month.

In June 2023, Moley Robotics debuted its fully automated kitchen unit, “Chef’s Kitchen”, at World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo in Hamburg, Germany. Chef’s kitchen has a modular and scalable architecture that could be integrated into existing kitchen setups. It offers interchangeable cooking modules for frying, steaming, and blending, and is supported by a cloud-based recipe library that features menus developed in collaboration with several renowned chefs. The kitchen units have the ability to operate 24/7 and gather data to generate insights that can drive efficiency gains. The Chef's Kitchen is priced at EUR 50,000 (~USD 55,000).