A dozen or so young men and women, eyes obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen inside a tech company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Their arms are bent at the elbows, palms facing down ...

Robotic kitchens aren’t on homemakers’ must-have lists yet, but they are starting to gain traction in restaurants. Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images Automating food is unlike automating ...

Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body and soul – so how it's accessed, prepared and consumed can change societies fundamentally. Since ...

Meet Flippy. Starting in 2021, this tireless fry-station specialist toiled in 10 Chicago-area locations of White Castle, America’s first fast-food hamburger chain. Working behind a protective shield ...

Jay Shah is a Lead Hardware Engineer at Caldo, specializing in robotics, automation and sustainable food technology. In the race to automate the commercial kitchen, robotics engineers face a uniquely ...