Robots that pick, place, slice, and butcher fruits, vegetables, meats and other food products. Also includes companies that develop robots for picking, placement, and dispensing of processed foods (ex: cake decorating).

Robotic solutions for pizza, burger and hotdog preparation.

Robotic solutions for salad and food bowl (pasta, ramen etc) preparation.

Robotic solutions for coffee, tea, soda, and smoothie preparation.

Robotic solutions for restaurant services such as waiting tables, bussing tables, dishwashing, kitchen preparation, food quality check, and staff training.

Helping restaurants become more safe, more profitable, and more interesting.

Restaurant Industry Robotics

Overview

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    Robotics picks up pace in the restaurant industry
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    Restaurant industry robotics is the integration of robots for full or partial automation of the restaurant industry value chain, from primary and secondary food processing to food preparation, as well as food service.
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The US restaurant robotics market could reach USD 897.0 million–1.3 billion by 2026

Market Sizing

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    <b>Restaurant robotics adoption increased during the Covid-19 pandemic:</b>
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        CaliBurger expanded use of Miso Robotic’s Flippy to minimize or remove human staff from its restaurants
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        Goldilocks turned to DrinkBot to meet public health capacity restrictions
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        Bear Robotics established a South Korea manufacturing facility for its robot waiter
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        Chowbotics deployed 50 new Sally robots across hospitals in the US and Europe for healthcare workers who needed access to fresh food
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    <b>Other companies used the pandemic to pivot into new or expanded business lines:</b>
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        Dishcraft Robotics shifted its focus to containers and utensil cleaning as takeaway gained traction 
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        Creator closed down its restaurant's dine-in facilities temporarily and focused on takeaway
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        Spyce laid off four staff in April 2020 but reopened as a more automated Spyce V2 in November 2020
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COVID19-IMPACT

Market Mapping

<p>There are four general categories of companies in the field of restaurant industry robotics, based on where the company operates in the industry value chain: primary food processing, secondary food processing, food preparation, and service.</p>

The Disruptors

<h3>Kitchen automation leads as the most popular segment</h3><p>A majority of the startups covered in the restaurant robotics industry emerged over the past five to seven years and are in the early stage of operations with none having reached the growth stage (as of August 2021). In terms of funding, Discraft Robotics leads with USD 45.2 million, while Miso Robotics follows closely with USD 43.8 million, as of August 2021. Other prominent players who have raised more than USD 25 million include Picnic, Bear Robotics, and Spyce.</p><p>Most of these disruptors operate in the kitchen automation space developing robots that prepare salads, burgers, pizzas, beverages etc. Moreover, companies including Picnic, Miso Robotics, and Nala Robotics develop robots that could prepare either multiple types of food or both food and beverages, featuring in multiple food preparation robot segments within the industry hub. Only a handful of startups—such as Bear Robotics and Dishcraft Robotics—focus on service automation such as dishwashing and waiting tables while Wilkinson Baking Company is the only startup catering to the food processing segment.</p>

Disruptor Funding History

The Incumbents

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    Well-established tech players offer robotics for primary and secondary food processing
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    Incumbents in this space are well-established technology companies that offer diversified robotics solutions with proprietary technologies for multiple industries such as automotive, food and oil and gas, and the semiconductor industry. Most are subsidiaries of Japan-based robotics giants and have strong distribution networks and offices in major locations around the world. Most of these companies focus on robotics solutions for primary and secondary food processing for restaurants, with some attention paid to the food preparation, and none offered to the service segment. Additionally, Little Caesars, a well-established pizza chain, entered the space with a patent for a pizza-assembly robotic system, while DoorDash and Costa Coffee entered the food preparation space via acquisitions. Kellogg’s is the only company to enter the industry via a partnership with a robotic company.
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