chchen@csunb.cs.uh.edu () (04/24/91)
Hi: I am looking for some information about the following topics: 1. Automation or robots applied in food preparation, and 2. Hotel and Restaurant computerization. 3. Point-of-sale and property management system in hospitality. Anyone who can provide the information will be highly appreciated. Susan email address : chchen@cs.uh.edu
kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) (04/24/91)
chchen@csunb.cs.uh.edu writes: >Hi: > I am looking for some information about the following topics: > 1. Automation or robots applied in food preparation, and When I was in the Hardee's restaurant in Harrisonville, MO, they had an automated drink filler. It was evidently hooked up into the system that records orders; as soon as our order was rung up, a series of cups dropped onto a conveyor belt, which moved them to spigots where they were filled up. After this each cup was moved to separate waiting areas (grouped by flavor or order, I don't recall which) using little solenoid-operated gates to snag them off the belt. The girl had to top off each cup at the manual spigot because evidently the drink dispenser was misadjusted. All in all, one of the worst misapplications of technology I've ever seen :-) (Then there's the Arby's in Clarkesville IN with a dumbwaiter in place of a drive-thru window...) -- Kenneth Herron kherron@ms.uky.edu University of Kentucky (606) 257-2975 Department of Mathematics "P.S.: Please excuse the lateness of my reply." -- Ringo Starr
rslau@usc.edu (Robert Lau) (04/25/91)
April issue of Discover, page 12... excerpt: PizzaBot was developed by engineers at Carnegie-Mellon to help disabled people become entrepreneurs. [...] The result is a robotic arm placed in front of a semicircular counter, with ingredients and tools within easy reach. After the disabled manager calls out an order, a simple voice-recognition system decides which of two possible sizes and 12 condiments it just heard. [...] Article said that K.G. Engelhardt was the head of the engineering team. -- --Robert Lau 213.740.2866 Unix Systems Internet: rslau@usc.edu University Computing Services UUCP: ...!uunet!usc!rslau University of Southern California Bitnet: rslau@gamera
abg@mars.ornl.gov (Alex Bangs -- bangsal@ornl.gov) (05/07/91)
Honeybee Robotics, in New York City, has developed a bartending robot, called RoboTender. If you are interested, you can reach them at (212) 966-0661. Ask for Chris Chapman. Alex L. Bangs ---> bangsal@ornl.gov Of course, my opinions are Oak Ridge National Laboratory/CESAR my own darned business... Autonomous Robotic Systems Group