Restaurants are increasingly deploying AI-powered robots for various tasks, including serving food, cooking meals, delivering orders, and mixing cocktails due to challenges such as labor costs and workforce shortages.
The smart restaurant robot industry is expected to reach over $10 billion by 2030, with deployments in areas like delivery, order-taking, and table service.
Some emerging robotics trends in restaurants include robots delivering food to customers, robot waiters serving tables, robots handling kitchen tasks like frying and assembling food, and robots acting as baristas and bartenders.
The article discusses specific examples of AI-powered robot deployments by companies such as Uber Eats, LG Electronics, Miso Robotics, Richtech Robotics, and Makr Shakr, showcasing the increasing integration of robotics in the restaurant industry.