Román Salazar
CEO
wetechfood
This company designs and deploys autonomous robotic vending systems for the food service industry, specializing in customizable poke bowl preparation. Their solutions integrate advanced kiosk interfaces and cloud-based IoT infrastructure to ensure high throughput and operational efficiency in various settings. The technology focuses on precise ingredient dispensing and streamlined customer engagement while minimizing service time.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise Software
- Hardware
- Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
- Robotics
Updated 6 months ago
Funding
Raised to date
$360KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Restaurants face challenges in maintaining efficiency and consistency in food preparation, leading to increased waiting times, higher labor costs, and potential errors in fulfilling orders. Traditional kitchen operations often struggle to meet the demands of fast-paced environments while ensuring consistent quality and minimizing waste.
Solution
WeTechFood offers an automated robotic solution, "Lex," designed to streamline food preparation, specifically for customizable bowl-based meals. Lex integrates refrigeration, automated ingredient dispensing, and intuitive controls to produce consistent and aesthetically pleasing bowls with up to 16 ingredients and 8 sauces. The system is cloud-connected, providing live tracking, remote management, and data-driven insights to optimize kitchen operations. By automating repetitive tasks, WeTechFood aims to reduce labor costs, minimize errors, and increase throughput, allowing restaurants to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Target Audience
WeTechFood targets fast-food restaurants, poke bowl establishments, and other food service providers seeking to automate kitchen operations, reduce labor costs, and improve consistency in food preparation.
Features
- Robotic system for automated assembly of customizable food bowls
- Capacity to handle up to 430 bowls per hour with a 0% error rate
- Precise ingredient dispensing with a bowl consistency per ingredient of +0.5%
- Cloud-based software for remote management, live tracking, and performance monitoring
- Microservice-based, event-driven architecture for scalability and adaptability
- Integrated refrigeration to maintain ingredient freshness
- Intuitive, plug-and-play design for easy installation and operation
- Flexible configuration to accommodate various ingredient combinations