Retail & Food Service
Kitchen prep, plating, cleaning — bimanual and mobile manipulation for restaurants and retail.
Industry Context
Restaurants and retail face labor pressure and unpredictable demand. Kitchen automation — prep, cooking, plating, cleaning — requires dexterity, bimanual coordination, and the ability to follow verbal instructions. Learning-based systems (e.g., Mobile ALOHA, OpenVLA) are promising but need domain-specific data.
What We Offer
- Data Collection — Bimanual demonstrations for cooking, plating, cleaning, and inventory. Language-conditioned ("make a salad", "wipe the counter"). Mobile + manipulation for whole-body tasks.
- A1 Mini / Mobile ALOHA-style — Bimanual teleoperation platforms for rapid data collection. Low-cost, open hardware.
- W1 Mobile Manipulator — Navigate kitchens, reach shelves, deliver items. Mobile + arm for complex environments.
- Fearless Data Platform — Log task failures, spills, and retries. Improve robustness over time.
Value We Deliver
- Labor scaling — Automate repetitive prep and cleanup; keep humans for complex tasks and customer interaction.
- Consistency — Same recipes, same plating, every time.
- Flexibility — Language-conditioned policies adapt to new menu items and instructions.
- Speed to deployment — We collect data on your workflows; you train and deploy.
Example Use Cases
- Kitchen prep: chopping, mixing, portioning
- Plating and presentation
- Cleaning: dishes, counters, equipment
- Retail: inventory, restocking, shelf organization