Robots in restaurants is no longer a science fiction fantasy.
When we were little we all liked robots. We dream of seeing the day when robots were part of daily life. That future seen in the movies is already here.
To what do we owe the presence of robots in restaurants? To cost savings. No romanticism, it is all a matter of economics, as Bill Clinton says in his famous phrase.
Workers’ wages represent up to 45% of a restaurant’s expenses; but for these the salaries are low and so when they gain experience and knowledge, for obvious reasons, they decide to go to a better job, or a better restaurant. With which we find ourselves having to find a replacement and retrain him. A story that repeats itself over and over again.
The solution? Invest in robots. Yes, they are already “accessible”. We put them in quotes because they are not yet available to everyone, but they are for some.
Hard to believe? In this article we will show you the first robots developed for restaurants. Not only payroll, paperwork and training are saved, it is a very long-term investment, and the mere fact of having robots is already a claim for them, even worldwide.
How you will remember Eatsa customers with their iPad or mobile device place their order, then, when it is ready, receive the signal to collect their food on a glass tray. This has been a first step in the restaurant automation. Next we will see the state of the art in robots for restaurants:
- Waiters in a Chinese cafe
A Hong Kong restaurant bought nine robots for € 9.000 each, and put them as waiters in its restaurants. The customers are delighted, especially the children. The robots have a five-year warranty and are cheaper than employees, and more efficient. They even respond in Mandarin Chinese with more than 40 sentences.
We could not find the name of the restaurant, only its owner Lu Dike.
- Pizza Hutt
Pizza Hutt will have robot waiters. By the end of 2016, Pizza Hut, in partnership with Master Card, will place a robot called ‘Pepper’ to take customer orders. The robot has the ability to interpret human gestures, voice and interact with humans.
It is the same design of the robot you used Nestlé to sell coffees a few years ago.
The trend is that in the coming years the presence of robots will increase in restaurants, some with a humanoid shape and others with aspects that are closer to one more household appliance.
A future that is increasingly present, and not only in the world of delivery or service are being implanted, there are also already in kitchens, and they are not “the Thermomix”
- Sushi bot
About us Suzumo He has innovated in robots: he has created a robot that makes sushi autonomously, and creates around 3.600 pieces of sushi per hour. Much more productive than any expert. The same company says that none of its robots will ever be able to outperform Jiro Ono (the maximum exponent of sushi in the world), but yes of others of a ‘more normal’ level.
Of course, their robots do not have a humanoid shape, but rather a coffee maker, like another household appliance.
Have you considered adopting a robot for your restaurant?