Fast food: why automated kitchens can be the secret sauce for 10-minute deliveries
Andrew McCollum
Photos by Mugdha Variyar
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With the 10-minute food-delivery frenzy catching on among food-tech players, kitchen automation and robotics startups are witnessing strong demand for their products. But most restaurants are in a wait-and-watch mode, as adoption of this model entails huge capex. Before taking the plunge, they want to be sure that the trend is here to stay.
Smart ideas can come from anywhere, they say. For Eshwar Vikas, seeing a concrete mixer at a construction site turned out to be the light-bulb moment. That’s what inspired him to build Dosamatic, an automated cooking product for restaurants, back in 2015. The machine, which pumps out batter onto a hot pan and spreads it to a preset size and thickness, turns out crispy dosas in minutes. Vikas’s kitchen-automation and robotics startup, Mukunda
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