Pizza Hut develops robotic kitchen on wheels
By Sara Shaw • November 2, 2018
To streamline its delivery business while also saving the planet, Pizza Hut has developed an automated kitchen that operates on a zero-emissions truck. The truck was debuted at the SEMA car show in Las Vegas and is outfitted with a refrigerator, an automated kitchen with a computer-guided robotic arm, a high-speed ventless oven and a box assembly station. The pizza making process, from start to finish, takes about 6 to 7 minutes. Beyond the truck driver, the mobile pizza factory requires no employee labor.
“This next-generation technology could lead to a number of potential uses down the road,” said Nicolas Burquier, chief customer and operations officer. The company did not provide any specific details on when the automated pizza factory would hit the road.