Your Chipotle guacamole may soon be prepared by a robot
. Meet “Autocado,” a Chipotle robot designed to perform the more tedious tasks of creating the chain’s guacamole, including cutting, coring and peeling avocados. With the robot prototype — which frankly looks more like a boxy silver refrigerator than a humanoid — Chipotle joins the growing ranks of fast-food companies looking to robotic technology to trim costs.
” Preparing a batch of guacamole takes just under an hour, but the Autocado has the potential to cut this time in half, saving the fast casual Mexican food chain millions in annual food costs if successful, according to the company. These shifts are representative of a larger trend toward automating tasks in restaurants. Hamburger-chain White Castle implemented a robot called Flippy 2 that takes over the restaurant’s entire fry station.
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