Darren San Sushi is relying on sushi-making robots at its location within SoFi Stadium, where 70,000 fans gather to watch the National Football League’s LA Chargers and Rams.
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AUTEC’s New Robot Mimics Chef’s Delicate Cutting Motions
The Maki Cutter can safely and efficiently cut thin to thick rolls, including up to 4 hosomaki sushi rolls into 6, 8, or 10 pieces at once!
Some Pandemic Food Tech Here to Stay
“Any technology that takes over repetitive or dangerous tasks for staff will continue to stay and improve, such as waiter-like server robots or kitchen assistants like the burger robot Flippy. These technologies also allow restaurants to focus more on providing better service to customers,” Taka Tanaka, CEO of AUTEC, told The Food Institute.
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Automated solutions to the lack of wait staff, cooks and other line personnel was a major theme running through at the recent 2022 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, the NRA’s first in-person show in more than two years.
National Restaurant Association NRA Show 2022 – Restaurants fight staff shortages with robots
AUTEC previewed their new robot called ASM260A. The new robot efficiently cuts sushi rolls using an elegant, simple design that allows it to cut four hosomaki rolls at a time using a unique internal cutting unit that mimics the delicate motions of a sushi chef’s knife. The new Maki Cutter is slated for release this summer.
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As restaurants struggle to find labor, tech companies like Nala Robotics and Richtech are developing automated chefs and baristas to fill gaps.
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Equipment is smarter than ever at the 2022 National Restaurant Association Show. As the FER editors walk the show floor, they’ve come across multiple products designed to make tasks like serving drinks, pouring cocktails and stirring cuisine a breeze.
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The Autec Sushi robot is an automated mechanical device that produces several types of sushi or assists in sushi preparation and can produce up to 2400 nigiri rice balls per hour.
These Robots Have One Special Skill That Could Make Human Chefs Obsolete
In an interview, Taka Tanaka, the CEO of AUTEC, a commercial sushi robot company, tells Inverse that his automatons could help reduce waste. Although an experienced chef can precisely form sushi rolls, a novice chef will likely make mistakes, adding too much or too little rice.
U.S. Sushi Industry Poised for Change on Supply Concerns
In America, the sushi business is booming. Yet, industry leaders like Taka Tanaka know change is on the horizon, creating uncertainty.
