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Restaurant chain Sweetgreen using robots to make salads

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Restaurant chain Sweetgreen using robots to make salads

It turns out robots can make decent chefs. Just ask salad chain Sweetgreen, which is testing automating some food preparation in order to speed up customer wait times and cut labor costs.At a Sweetgreen "Infinite Kitchen" restaurant in Naperville, Illinois, a proprietary robot, not human salad makers, is handling the bulk of the work. "You just walk in, there's a digital tablet, you place your order and it goes right to this robot, which is front and center in the restaurant and it has these tubes where the ingredients are," Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Haddon told CBS News. Sweetgreen began piloting the tech in May, after acquiring robotic kitchen startup Spyce, to speed up operations. "We believe that automation will enable us to ele...

Drinks company in Poland appoints AI robot as ‘experimental’ CEO

NEW DELHI: As several workers are already living in a fear of a possible takeover of markets and jobs by artificial intelligence (AI) in future, a drinks company in Poland has reportedly appointed an AI robot as its 'experimental' CEO. Dictador, best known for its rums, has appointed the robot to oversee the company's growth into one-off collectables, communication or even strategy planning, as per reports. The robot goes by the name 'Mika'.“Dictador’s board decision is revolutionary and bold at the same time,” said its Europe chief Marek Szoldrowski. "This first human-like robot, with AI, in a company structure, will change the world as we know it, forever,” he said.Significant decisions, like hiring and firing, are still in the hands of the humans at the company, while Mika will largely...

Meet Apollo, the humanoid robot that could be your next coworker

Contrary to doomsayers' predictions, robots have yet to become our overlords — but they could soon become our coworkers. That's the goal of electronics maker Apptronik, creator of Apollo, a mass-producible humanoid robot. The droid, which was unveiled in August, is designed to work seamlessly alongside humans in warehouses and manufacturing plants, taking up hard-to-fill jobs at companies grappling with labor shortages, the company said in a statement. "We believe that Apollo is one of the most advanced tools humanity has ever created — how we apply it will change the way that we live and work," Jeff Cardenas, co-founder and CEO of Apptronik, said in a statement. Apollo, a humanoid robot, carries a box in a warehouse. ...