Kitchen robot in Riga cooks up new future for fast food

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Korcjomkins at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. He said the real challenge ‘is to design and invent an entire kitchen around the robot, which should contain all the food ingredients, spices, sauces, rotating pots for boiling and frying’. — AFP

RIGA: A pasta order comes in and the robotic arm springs into action at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. After five minutes of gyrations, a piping hot plate is ready.

The Riga cafe, located under a crumbling concrete bridge, is designed in such a way that customers can observe the robotic arm at work.

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Korcjomkins at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. He said the real challenge ‘is to design and invent an entire kitchen around the robot, which should contain all the food ingredients, spices, sauces, rotating pots for boiling and frying’. — AFP

An exterior view of the Roboeatz eatery with the company’s logo in Riga. — AFP

Korcjomkins (pic) and his co-founder believe the robotic arm would pay for itself within two years at most. — AFP

An employee picks up a bowl with a pasta dish after preparation with the help of a robot at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A robot is seen behind a screen as it prepares food at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

The Riga cafe is designed in such a way that customers can observe the robotic arm at work. — AFP

An interior view of the Roboeatz eatery with a view on the robot seen behind a screen as it prepares food (left) and the pick up counter (right) in Riga. — AFP

Computer screens showing the technical programming of a robot for the preparation of dishes at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A robot holding a bowl with a pasta dish after preparation at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

The Riga cafe, located under a crumbling concrete bridge, is designed in such a way that customers can observe the robotic arm at work. — AFP

A robot is behind a screen as it prepares food at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A robot holding bowls before it is filled with a meal at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

Roboeatz was set up in January 2018 by Korcjomkins (pic) and Poruks, who have been running the Woki Toki fast food chain in Latvia since 2009. — AFP

Automated kitchen technology has been gaining interest in recent years, and that has been accelerated by the pandemic. — AFP

A robot holding a bowl as it is filled with a pasta dish after preparation at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A pasta dish after its preparation with the help of a robot at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

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Korcjomkins at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. He said the real challenge ‘is to design and invent an entire kitchen around the robot, which should contain all the food ingredients, spices, sauces, rotating pots for boiling and frying’. — AFP

An exterior view of the Roboeatz eatery with the company’s logo in Riga. — AFP

Korcjomkins (pic) and his co-founder believe the robotic arm would pay for itself within two years at most. — AFP

An employee picks up a bowl with a pasta dish after preparation with the help of a robot at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A robot is seen behind a screen as it prepares food at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

The Riga cafe is designed in such a way that customers can observe the robotic arm at work. — AFP

An interior view of the Roboeatz eatery with a view on the robot seen behind a screen as it prepares food (left) and the pick up counter (right) in Riga. — AFP

Computer screens showing the technical programming of a robot for the preparation of dishes at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A robot holding a bowl with a pasta dish after preparation at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

The Riga cafe, located under a crumbling concrete bridge, is designed in such a way that customers can observe the robotic arm at work. — AFP

A robot is behind a screen as it prepares food at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A robot holding bowls before it is filled with a meal at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

Roboeatz was set up in January 2018 by Korcjomkins (pic) and Poruks, who have been running the Woki Toki fast food chain in Latvia since 2009. — AFP

Automated kitchen technology has been gaining interest in recent years, and that has been accelerated by the pandemic. — AFP

A robot holding a bowl as it is filled with a pasta dish after preparation at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

A pasta dish after its preparation with the help of a robot at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. — AFP

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