Chipotle's Avocado Machine Is Finally Making Its Debut — But it Swears It's Not Taking Human Jobs
Chipotle Mexican Grill is finally ready to catapult its restaurants into the future with the introduction of its Autocado machine and the Augmented Makeline, a device that will make the bowl-making process totally seamless.
Chipotle’s new robot can cut, core, and peel an avocado in 26 seconds
The Autocado cuts, cores, and peels avocados for kitchen crew to mash into guacamole. It’s being used at a restaurant in Huntington Beach. The other robot, the Augmented Makeline, is an assembly line that puts together bowls and salads for workers to lid; this one’s being used at a restaurant in Corona del Mar.
Chipotle Mexican Grill tries out robots that halve avocados — and possibly prep time
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Chipotle’s testing an avocado-peeling robot and an automated bowl assembly line
Chipotle has a new robot called the Autocado with a key assignment: peeling avocados. The prototype machine “cuts, cores, and peels avocados” by the case before workers mash them up for guacamole in a process Chipotle is describing as using cobots (collaborative robots).
Chipotle testing avocado-peeling ‘cobots’ or collaborative robots
Chipotle Mexican Grill said Monday it is currently testing its Autocado prototype, which it calls a cobot, or collaborative robot, at a restaurant in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Chipotle launches ‘Autocado’ avocado processing device
Through its Cultivate Next venture fund, Chipotle has invested in Vebu, a product development company that has co-created Autocado, and Hyphen, a foodservice platform that automates kitchen operations and has co-developed Chipotle’s Augmented Makeline
Chipotle unveils team of robots to make your food
This is the future Chipotle customers want: one with equitable burrito bowl assembly and no need to see who got more guac or cheese. Chipotle is debuting new automated machines in some restaurant chains that will make portion sizes more consistent and prepare avocados for guacamole faster.
Chipotle adds automation, 'autocado' robot helps make guacamole
Chipotle moved an automated bowl-and-salad maker and an avocado-processing robot out of its test kitchen and into a couple of locations in California. The chain announced the deployment on Monday and said feedback will determine whether it makes a broader rollout of the technology.
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CHIPOTLE DEBUTS AUTOCADO AND THE AUGMENTED MAKELINE BY HYPHEN IN RESTAURANTS
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Meet the 'Autocado' and a robotic burrito bowl maker at these O.C. Chipotle locations
Chipotle said the machines are part of a pilot program before a decision is made on whether to roll out the robots to other locations. Both robots have been in place for about a m ...