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I was wondering if at some point an evolution of "cloud kitchens" could be "edge kitchens": Imagine a high-end apartment or condo building. In the basement of
by xg15 3y ago
I was wondering if at some point an evolution of "cloud kitchens" could be "edge kitchens":
Imagine a high-end apartment or condo building. In the basement of the building, there is a fully equipped professional kitchen - however, it's not supposed to be used by humans. Instead, the kitchen is fully automated with smart/wired-up devices wherever possible. The actual chopping, cooking etc is performed by robotic arms like the ones in the OP. The kitchen has a human-accessible storeroom on one end (that must be regularly restocked by the condo administration) and is connected to the apartments by a system of service lifts.
Residents can order food through a an appliance or an app or something and choose from some menu of predefined meals (or possibly even create their own recipes through some sort of building block system). Once they submitted the order (and all ingredients are available), the kitchen springs into action, prepares the dish and places it in a service elevator. In the apartment, the dish appears, fresh and hot, like right out of a Star Trek replicator.
I guess we've just gotten one step closer to that vision :)