Through the use of advanced technology, robots can pass on and retain culinary skills of celebrity chefs to a greater extent. In the future, they will be able to continue to pass on Chinese food culture and carry it forward.
On January 12th, Country Garden’s Qianxi Robotic Catering Group announced that its flagship Foodom robotic Chinese restaurant flagship store was officially opened in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou has a history of more than 2,000 years, and its food culture has a long history. “Eating in Guangzhou, cooking in Fengcheng (Shunde)” is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As Chinese culture becomes more and more global, the unique food culture needs to be better inherited and carried forward, but Chinese food cooking has always been highly complicated. The traditional apprenticeship between teachers and students is prone to problems such as unstable quality and large taste differences due to individual differences. Foodom robot Chinese restaurant robots can accurately reproduce any taste through long-term rigorous data testing and accurate digital processing, and the quality is no less than that of Shunde famous chefs.
Professor Liu Honghai, an internationally renowned robotics research expert, spoke highly of it: “Some of the smart restaurants and robotic restaurants that have appeared before have basically realized the application of robots in some links. The robotic Chinese restaurant launched by Country Garden has been Realizing independent research and development of all core technologies should be a world-leading, highly complete and systematic robotic restaurant. “
Some professionals have observed that the launch of Country Garden Robot Restaurant this time marks a very important step for Country Garden Robot Restaurant R & D, becoming an important milestone for Country Garden towards a high-tech comprehensive enterprise, or it will be in traditional catering The industry is revolutionizing.
The era of “robot cooking” has arrived
As soon as the guest walks into the Foodom robot Chinese restaurant located in the central B area of Huachenghui Plaza, Guangzhou, a full sense of technology comes to mind: the welcome robot chats with the guest, autonomously guides the way, automatically avoids obstacles, and leads the guest to the corresponding The dining table; the arm of the bartending robot was busy up and down, and soon offered a glass comparable to a hand-made cocktail.
There is a large transparent glass wall in the restaurant that separates the dining area from the back kitchen area. The glass wall is equipped with 32 cooking robots and a claypot robot that can make 24 servings of claypot rice at the same time. After the guests are seated, they use their mobile phones to scan the code to order food. After receiving the order, the machine’s cooking equipment automatically picks up the materials from the cold kitchen. The robot immediately sorts the dishes from the back kitchen and then transfers them to the cooking robot or claypot rice. The robot automatically and accurately prepares the dishes. The latter completes the cooking and loading of the dishes within the specified time. It is accurately transmitted to the table above the cloud track system or the ground robot, and the guests only need to remove the dishes to taste.
According to the restaurant engineer, Foodom Robot Chinese Restaurant is equipped with a total of 46 advanced robot equipment, including cooking robot, claypot robot, wine robot, frying robot, dessert robot, food delivery robot, etc. service.
These robotic devices are very efficient, such asThe average cooking time of the wok robot is 3-5 minutes. The 32-port wok configured by the Chinese restaurant can be made without interruption. The burger robot can make a burger every 90 seconds from the order, and the efficiency is still further improved.
The picture shows a burger robot
In addition, the dishes, robots, and flavors produced by robot cooking are all the same as traditional Shunde dishes in restaurants. Yan Weixin, Dean of Qianxi Robotic Catering Group Research Institute, introduced that one of the difficulties in Chinese cuisine cooking is uniform heating. The scientific research team needs to interpret and implement a series of cooking actions with machines. Yan Weixin said, “Our batch of robots have undergone rigorous data testing. Through the data, we can accurately reproduce any taste. The robot can cook more efficiently and the quality of the dishes is more stable.”
The director of the World Association of Chinese Cuisine Chefs and the Chinese culinary master Lin Chaodai commented: “Through standardized computer technology, robots can control the taste more accurately than humans.” The once robotic cooking “The era has really arrived!
Complete, systematic robot restaurant launched, setting a new benchmark for the industry
The rise of the first batch of robot restaurants in China was around 2014, but due to immature technology and inefficient use, many of them were only short-lived. In the past two years, many companies have also launched robotic restaurants, unmanned restaurants, and smart restaurants, but most of the restaurant’s catering machines are mainly for functions such as welcoming, catering, transferring dishes, and cooking, usually in a separate segment. Or scattered applications in local links, and basically all are the introduction of external technology equipment.
Different from robotic restaurants that generally earn gimmicks, the core technology of Qianxi Group ’s catering robots is not “bringing doctrine”, but relying on systematic independent research and development. Taking cooking robot and claypot robot as examples, Country Garden specially invited 10 Shunde chefs to teach robot “apprentice” to cook at the beginning of research and development. The chefs made hundreds and thousands of iterations from the perspectives of temperature, taste feedback, amount of ingredients, and cooking time. Finally, the standardized cooking process was input into the robot computer, so that these “apprentices” could finally accurately remember Master’s skills, and in the future restore the authentic skills of Shunde chef.
Qiu Mi, general manager of Qianxi Group, introduced that since the company was founded in May 2019, it has been based on mastering core technology. The R & D team has more than 750 people so far, with a total investment of over 200 million yuan and the development of more than 70 robotic equipment. Has been submitted overMore than 300 patent applications. As the core equipment of restaurant operation, all 46 types of robots that Foodom Robot has invested in restaurants have achieved independent research and development in core technology, and can continuously upgrade and iterate.
In addition, Qianxi Robot Catering Group has independently developed an invisible intelligent support system, including customer service systems and robotic equipment scheduling systems. The customer service system supports multi-channel ordering, multi-payment models, multi-catering formats, micro-service architecture, cloud platform deployment, and multi-platform / business suite access. The robotic equipment scheduling system can meet the needs of equipment scheduling in different scenarios: including order splitting, equipment scheduling management, task scheduling algorithms, and human-machine collaboration, enabling the visual management of equipment and real-time interaction functions, intuitive and concise presentation, and humane operation .
Yan Weixin introduced that the robot restaurant of Qianxi Group had a complete system planning and layout at the beginning of research and development, and the positioning starting point was very high.
“For example, from the overall structure, from the source procurement and integration of ingredients, to the central kitchen’s processing production and distribution, to the restaurant store management, there are specialized teams to manage and operate; in terms of equipment development, from cooking robots, food delivery Robots and service robots have made a series of products and quickly updated and iterated; in store management, independently developed customer ordering systems, equipment scheduling systems, voice interaction systems, face recognition, autonomous navigation and other technologies. >
Analysis of industry observers believes that the robot restaurant launched by Country Garden has both a high starting point and a systematic development concept, as well as independent R & D and industry-leading robotics technology and equipment, supplemented by highly intelligent management operations, or will It has become an outstanding benchmarking case of Made in China towards intelligent manufacturing in China and creation in China.
China can also make a world-leading robot restaurant
Food culture is an important part of Chinese traditional culture and enjoys a good reputation all over the world. However, the traditional catering industry is facing the contradiction of raw materials and cost, the contradiction between original authenticity and food hygiene, the contradiction between traditional craftsmanship and convenient operation, etc. The problem is that many classic traditional cooking techniques have been lost or are on the verge of being lost.
Chinese culinary master Lin Chaodai said that he especially hopes that his craft can be passed on better, and it is reasonable to use robots to continue the craft inheritance. It can realize intelligent and standardized production. It can ensure the stability of the quality of the dishes and greatly improve the efficiency. In the future, the technology may mature into the world.
Guangzhou is a famous historical and cultural city in China.With a history of more than 2000 years, Cantonese cuisine is well-known both at home and abroad, and its food culture has a long history. The so-called “eat in Guangzhou, cook Fengcheng (Shunde)”. As an entrepreneur who grew up in Shunde, Country Garden Group Chairman Yang Guoqiang has a deep feeling for Cantonese cuisine culture. He said: “Advanced robot restaurants are actually The inheritance of thousands of years of Cantonese cuisine culture and the collision of technology. “By using advanced technology, robots can inherit and retain the culinary skills of celebrity chefs to a greater extent. In the future, we will be able to continue to inherit and develop Chinese cuisine culture.
In today’s world, technological progress is unimaginable. China’s scientific and technological innovation has entered the blowout era, and a number of major scientific and technological achievements have emerged intensively. China’s high-speed rail, Huawei 5G and other technological levels have led the world and brought profound changes to human life.
In 2020, the central government proposed to implement the innovation-driven development strategy, accelerate the deep integration of science and technology and the economy, and promote high-quality development of the Chinese economy. “Science and technology are the driving force behind the advancement of human society,” said Yang Guoqiang. Country Garden is grateful for the opportunity and takes the initiative to take the initiative to give play to its own advantages and strive to become a high-tech enterprise. The path of social progress is helpful, it represents more advanced productivity, and there will definitely be opportunities for development in the future. “At the beginning of last year, Country Garden proposed a new positioning of” a high-tech comprehensive enterprise that creates beautiful products for the world “and entered the robot industry. The field is one of Country Garden’s important measures in the high-tech field. Its Qianxi Robotic Catering Group specializes in equipment research and development and restaurant operations. It hopes to use leading technology to transform the traditional catering industry and meet people’s needs for a better life.
Yang Guoqiang is full of anticipation for the robot industry. He emphasized: “Robots are accumulating surging power, the future development potential is unimaginable, and the fire of the stars can certainly be ignited.” He hopes Foodom robot restaurant will continue to innovate and develop from this starting point. Traveling all over the world, let more consumers know that China can also create a robot restaurant that leads the world in science and technology, so that people around the world can taste Chinese flavor with unique characteristics and temperature.