Donatos Pizza has partnered with Agápe Automation and the Grote Firm to launch a totally autonomous pizza merchandising machine in Columbus, Ohio, in keeping with a press launch.
The machine, developed for Donatos by Appetronix, leverages robotics and information science applied sciences for an environment friendly eating expertise, from putting an order to receiving a pizza.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Appetronix to ship an intuitive, automated system to create our pizza, accessible to individuals all over the place. Using expertise to supply a greater buyer expertise by improved pace and product consistency has been a spotlight of mine because the first Donatos restaurant opened,” Jim Grote, Donatos Pizza, the Grote Firm and Agápe Automation founder, mentioned within the press launch.
Agápe Automation and the Grote Firm will co-develop the autonomous pizzeria with Appetronix. Agápe Automation, the innovation arm for Donatos Pizza, will concentrate on new applied sciences for each totally autonomous stand-alone eating places in addition to small prep-bots for current restaurant kitchens.
“We’re really honored to companion with the Grote household and contribute to the way forward for one of the iconic pizza manufacturers in the USA. The collective expertise of our mixed groups now has an incredible platform to dramatically rework the restaurant business and speed up our collective progress technique,” Nipun Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO of Appetronix Inc., mentioned within the press launch. “I’d additionally wish to take this chance to announce the change of our firm title from SJW Robotics to Appetronix (urge for food + robotics), as we offer superior automation, robotics and information science options to restaurant manufacturers with a real-estate agnostic resolution that tackles labour scarcity, environmental sustainability and restaurant profitability — delivering the highest quality meals and worth to shoppers.”
Donatos Pizza operates 459 places in 27 states.
