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Automating food production, one serving at a time

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Chef Robotics food automation pods assemble ready-to-cook meals for leading food manufacturers. Credit: Chef Robotics The path to success in food robotics is littered with interesting concepts that failed to deliver. Inspiration Chef Robotics CEO and co-founder Rajat Bhageria. billion in 2023 to $3.35

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FANUC to display industrial, collaborative robots for food and packaging

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A CRX-20iA/L robot slides a tray of cookies onto a rack. From food-grade collaborative robots to stainless industrial robots, it claimed it will demonstrate uninterrupted speed, reliability, accuracy, and dexterity—all while maintaining food safety—in real-world applications. The Rochester Hills, Mich.-based

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Autonomous kitchen developer Circus to roll out 5,400 robots across Beijing

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. | Source: Circus Group Circus SE, a developer of autonomous kitchen systems, plans to roll out a network of 5,400 food production robots across 92 Beijing educational institutions. Circus Group also said the robots will produce nearly 4 billion fresh meals annually.

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Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga’s autonomous harvesting robots

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The Robot Report Podcast · Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga’s autonomous harvesting robots Eric Adamson, CEO and co-founder of Tortuga, joins us in this episode to discuss agricultural robotics. This will be done by combining OpenAI’s language research with Figure’s robotics hardware and software expertise.

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Fanuc launches its first stainless steel delta robot

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Fanuc, the world’s largest industrial robot maker, has unveiled the new DR-3iB/6 Stainless delta robot for primary food handling. The new DR-3iB/6 Stainless is Fanuc’s first stainless steel food-grade delta robot for picking and packing primary food products.

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Robotic pollinator: A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light

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The loss of pollinators, such as bees, is a huge challenge for global biodiversity and affects humanity by causing problems in food production. At Tampere University, researchers have now developed the first passively flying robot equipped with artificial muscle. Could this artificial fairy be utilised in pollination?

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Flexiv develops fish fillet shaping application for its Rizon 4 robot

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A new fish fillet shaping application uses a Rizon 4 adaptive robot to create uniform portions and shapes. Source: Flexiv The result of increasingly adaptive robots may soon be no farther than your next meal. Flexiv yesterday said its Rizon 4 robot is part of a new food-processing application. 4 kg) payload capacity.

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