Here's another point of view! Chef robots can pick and plate almost any ingredient, including smaller toppings and other components that round out a meal. This Chef robot is being using to deposit poblano peppers as the final ingredient in a Mexican-inspired meal. The implementation of AI gives Chef systems the ability to be flexible; so rather than needing to create custom software or equipment for different ingredients, one system can be utilized to assemble a huge variety of different meals.
Chef Robotics
Software Development
San Francisco, CA 17,146 followers
Chef’s mission is to empower humans by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines in the world
About us
At Chef we believe that AI’s biggest impact will be on the physical world, representing 90% of Global GDP. In the food industry, for example, in 2023 there were 1,137,000 jobs unfilled in food preparation and service (Bureau for Labor Statistics). These growing labor shortages are forcing food companies to leave millions of dollars on the table every year in unmet demand. As this pain becomes more acute, food companies are more aggressively seeking out alternatives, including off-shoring more and more parts of the food supply chain to other countries where there is more labor available; this of course comes with its own significant risks for the US. Chef Robotics offers a new way for food companies to overcome their labor shortage and increase production volume using AI-enabled robots that mimic the flexibility of humans. Chef allows companies to maximize revenue by meeting demand, while keeping the American food supply chain onshore. Chef's mission is to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the world to empower humans to do what humans do best.
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http://chefrobotics.ai
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2019
- Specialties
- robotics, autonomous robots, automation, manufacturing, machine learning, computer vision, Robotics as a Service, food robotics, food automation, Embodied AI, Physical AI, AI enabled Robotics, food manufacturing automation, and intelligent robots
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986 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
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We're glad to be part of this list of noteworthy physical AI companies in the US!
Here are some noteworthy physical AI startups to watch in the U.S. in 2024: ▶ Figure Founder & CEO: Brett Adcock ▶ Anduril Industries Co-Founder & CEO: Brian Schimpf ▶ Covariant.ai Co-Founder & CEO: Peter Chen ▶ Embodied, Inc. Founder & CEO: Paolo Pirjanian ▶ Diligent Robotics Inc. Co-Founder & CEO: Andrea L. Thomaz ▶ Robust.AI. Co-founder & CEO: Anthony Jules ▶ Dexterity, Inc. Founder & CEO: Samir Menon ▶ Chef Robotics Founder & CEO: Rajat Bhageria Read more: https://lnkd.in/gnWeKgcj
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Chef systems are designed for efficiency. Each robot is built with the structure to hold two hotel pans, allowing the robot to seamlessly switch from picking from a pan that is low on an ingredient to one that's full without any downtime in between.
In this video, a Chef robot is scooping ranchero sauce and placing it on top of an egg scramble to finish off the meal. Each Chef module contains room to hold two hotel pans to pick from. Chef's perception system detects when a hotel pan is becoming low on an ingredient, and instructs the robot to start picking from the other bin that is full. Rather than having to complete the tedious work of plating the same ingredient thousands of times in a day, employees can do higher value added work and become robot operators. The U.S. food preparation and production industry is currently struggling with the #1 labor shortage in the country, so the robots allow our customers to meet customer demand.
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Spoiler alert: AI is what sets Chef systems apart from traditional forms of automation! Equipping our robots with AI gives them the ability to reason and be flexible, which means they can go from picking and plating one ingredient to another that's totally different across qualities like texture, shape, or viscosity without the need for custom hardware or software. Give this episode a listen to learn more about how we use AI to automate high-mix food production lines.
I help manufacturers tell their story to their ideal customer | Podcaster 🎙️ | Keynote Speaker 💬
Thanks for jumping on the podcast, Rajat Bhageria. From ham to string beans, I enjoyed learning about Chef Robotics' approach to automation in high-mix environments. Get a "taste" of Episode 208 in the clip below. Link to the latest episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour in the comments. Stay Innovative, Stay Thirsty. #automation #manufacturing
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Halloween costume contest with Chef Robotics 🎃
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Chef systems are designed to work alongside both humans, and one another! This is what it looks like when multiple robots are utilized on a line to assemble a full meal.
Here's an example of several Chef robots working side by side to plate a full meal! Each robot works with one ingredient, utilizing AI and computer vision to discern the best location within a hotel pan to pick from, taking into consideration factors like the overall topography of the ingredient levels and material properties of each ingredient. To place, the system detects trays on a line and places food within the proper compartment of those trays when they cross the robot's path. This meal starts with brown rice, and then a roasted corn mixture, chicken, and a green sauce are added. All of the robots on the line use the same software to work with each of these different ingredients that vary widely across factors like texture, shape and viscosity.
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Reach out if you will be at PACK Expo!
Who's all going PACK EXPO? We're eager to connect with those interested in automating their food assembly lines. Chef Robotics' flexible automation system fits within a human-sized footprint on existing lines, no retrofitting required. Ask me about our case study with Amy's Kitchen, where we helped the team reduce labor costs, improve consistency, and minimize food giveaway. #PACKEXPO #ChefRobotics #FoodAutomation #Networking #FoodProduction #Robotics #AI
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We're thrilled to welcome Zach to the Chef team! His work will be key in achieving our mission of accelerating the advent of intelligent machines in the world 🚀
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Director of Customer Success at Chef Robotics! Rajat Bhageria, Ray Martino, and everyone at Chef are laser focused on providing a robotic solution that delivers real world value to our customers and I'm excited to be part of this incredible team!
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🚨#Actuate2024 speaker videos and event photos are now available 🚨 It’s been just over a month since #Actuate2024, so we thought it would be a great time to: 1. Share our Founder and CEO’s reflections on the day. 2. Release the recording of each fantastic presenter’s talk. 3. Share some great photos from the event! Links to Adrian Macneil’s thoughts, the presentation recordings, and photos can be found in the comments below 👇 Another huge thank you to all of you [the robotics community], our sponsors, and to all the speakers for making Actuate 2024 incredible. 🔥 Brad Porter CEO & Founder at Cobot - Collaborative Robotics, Inc (co.bot) 🔥 Sergey Levine Co-founder at Physical Intelligence and Professor at UC Berkeley 🔥 Chris Lalancette, ROS 2 Technical Lead at Intrinsic 🔥 Vijay Badrinarayanan, VP of Artificial Intelligence at Wayve 🔥 Steve Macenski, Owner & Chief Navigator at Open Navigation LLC 🔥 Nick Obradovic, Senior Director of Software Engineering at Sanctuary AI 🔥 Kalpana Seshadrinathan, Head of Deep Learning at Skydio 🔥 Katherine Scott, Relations at Open Robotics 🔥 Vibhav A., Co-founder & VP of Software at Saronic Technologies 🔥 Michael Laskey, CTO at Electric Sheep 🔥 David Weikersdorfer, Head of Autonomy at Farm-ng 🔥 Jeremy Steward, Senior Software Engineer at Tangram Vision 🔥 James Kuszmaul, Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Blue River Technology 🔥 Karthik Balaji Keshavamurthi, Motion Planning Engineer at Scythe Robotics 🔥 Kathleen Brandes, CTO & Co-founder at Adagy Robotics 🔥 Rohan Ramakrishna, Senior Staff Engineer, Data Platform at Agility Robotics 🔥 Ryan Cook, Director of Software Engineering at Agility Robotics 🔥 Ilia Baranov, CTO & Co-founder at Polymath Robotics 🔥 Simon Box, CEO at ReSim.ai 🔥 Allison Thackston, Senior Manager Robotics at Blue River Technology 🔥 Rajat Bhageria, CEO & Founder at Chef Robotics Onward to #Actuate2025 🚀
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While many may think the process of meal assembly is already fully automated, this is actually far from true. Traditional forms of automation can only assist with a limited number of tasks and lack the flexibility to perform more than one specific function. This is why AI-enabled robotics will have such a transformational effect on the food industry. The power of AI equips automation tools with the flexibility and intelligence necessary to perform versatile actions. So now, we can take one piece of equipment and use it to assemble an endless combination of meals. Thanks to our investor MaC Venture Capital for this write up on how applied AI & robotics are evolving to transform the food industry and beyond: https://lnkd.in/g7WrDU4F