In 2012 Momentum Machines built a robot that can make, wrap and bag 360 individually customised hamburgers in an hour.
As Momentum Machines co-founder Alexandros Vardakostas told Xconomy: "Our device isn't meant to make employees more efficient.
Just a few miles away from Eatsa another San Francisco startup, Momentum Machines, is building robots that could replace the minions behind the curtain.
Burger flippers A San Francisco-based start-up called Momentum Machines has designed a robot that would replicate the hot, repetitive tasks of the fast-food worker: shaping burgers from ground meat, grilling them to order, toasting buns, and adding tomatoes, onions and pickles.
IBM's big-brained computer, Watson, is being harnessed by chefs to churn out new recipes, while San Francisco company Momentum Machines have created a robot capable of making burgers, cooking them and preparing toppings before popping the final product in a bag.
Formerly known as Momentum Machines, Creator has raised more than $24 million according to SEC filings.
In 2012, Momentum Machines announced a new robot that could prepare 400 hamburgers an hour.
Unlike other burger-making robots, including those made by Momentum Machines, Flippy is controlled by Miso Robotics' AI software.
That's just one way this startup, formerly known as Momentum Machines, wants to serve the world's freshest cheeseburger for just $6.
A company like Momentum Machines might hire 100 engineers to build its hamburger-cooking robot, and hire 400 more entry-level employees to assist them.
Root's previous investments include Momentum Machines (robotics for the food industry), Tortuga AgTech (harvesting produce) and Superflex (integrating clothing & robotics).
