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Robot food startups have a new pitch: No humans touch your lunch – ET Retail

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By : Sarah McBride

Vertical agriculture company Plenty Inc. has an unusual selling point: Its crops of arugula, kale and microgreens are grown in an indoor farm run by robots. That hasn’t always been a winning proposition. Two years ago, the company had to scale back an ambitious international expansion plan, realizing it wasn’t ready to bear the cost of pricey new markets despite having…

Robot food startups have a new pitch: No humans touch your lunch

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By Sarah McBride

Vertical agriculture company Plenty Inc. has an unusual selling point: Its crops of arugula, kale and microgreens are grown in an indoor farm run by robots. That hasn’t always been a winning proposition. Two years ago, the company had to scale back an ambitious international expansion plan, realizing it wasn’t ready to bear the cost of pricey new markets despite having…

The Extraction Made by Robots Comes Recommended by Bots

While there’s risk involved in any new commercial endeavor, people who argue that coffee is somehow “recession-proof” got some fresh evidence for their case in Greece this week, when Xinhua...

Have A Robot Make Your Latte In San Francisco

Cafe X Technologies has unveiled a robotic automated cafe in The Metreon.

The SOMA cafe features a robot barista that is designed to “blend the functionality of baristas with specialty coffee preparation methods.”

“This won’t replace baristas or the coffee shop experience that so many people have come to love – we don’t aim to do that,“ says founder and CEO Henry Hu. “What we’re offering is the…