Technology Evaluation of Collaborative Robotic Baristas in Local Coffee Shops

当地咖啡店协作机器人咖啡师的技术评估

• 批准号: 571159-2021
• 负责人: DelosReyes, JoseRizalinoJR
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: Red River College Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=755370
• 关键词: Technology; Evaluation; Collaborative; Robotic; Baristas

Fools & Horses is a well-established restaurant-style coffee business with multiple locations in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The company plans to introduce robotics and automation within their restaurant processes to help drive efficiency, improve productivity and address labour shortage problems that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. While industrial robots, with their heavy payload and precision, will continue to thrive in industrial applications, we will see more collaborative and socially intelligent robots in our day-to-day lives, including healthcare, food services, materials handling, etc. Fools & Horses is planning to evaluate and implement robotics and automation within their coffee restaurants, with fully integrated collaborative robots working alongside humans in the brewing and order fulfilment processes. This concept will drastically reduce the number of employees required at each location while maintaining the company's customer-facing environment. The company is collaborating with RRC Polytech to evaluate, design, integrate and implement collaborative robotic barista solutions. RRC Polytech will capitalize on the College's existing assets and capabilities in robotic programming, human-machine interface (HMI), software development, mechanical design and manufacturing to deliver this project. While Fools & Horses will continue to focus on their core coffee business, the company will have access to local support for implementing this project and maintaining the equipment in a long-term through RRC Polytech and other local organizations. Successful implementation of this project will assist significantly in reducing the risk of investing in robotic baristas by Fools & Horses. Deployment of the robotic systems will result in cost savings, productivity improvement and an ability to manage labour shortage. The RRC Polytech team is looking forward to expanding their knowledge in robotics and automation to applications in the food services industry. The knowledge gained will be beneficial to the students and researchers on the project, and useful in future research engagements.

Fools&Horses是一家久负盛名的餐饮式咖啡公司，在马尼托巴省的温尼伯拥有多家门店。该公司计划在其餐厅流程中引入机器人和自动化，以帮助提高效率、提高生产率，并解决新冠肺炎疫情导致的劳动力短缺问题。虽然工业机器人凭借其重型和精确度将继续在工业应用中蓬勃发展，但我们将在我们的日常生活中看到更多协作和社交智能机器人，包括医疗保健、食品服务、材料处理等。Fools&Horses正计划评估和实施他们的咖啡馆内的机器人和自动化，完全集成的协作机器人在冲泡和订单履行过程中与人类一起工作。这一概念将大大减少每个地点所需的员工数量，同时保持公司面向客户的环境。该公司正在与RRC Polytech合作，评估、设计、集成和实施协作式机器人咖啡师解决方案。RRC理工学院将利用学院在机器人编程、人机界面(HMI)、软件开发、机械设计和制造方面的现有资产和能力来交付该项目。虽然Fools&Horses将继续专注于其核心咖啡业务，但该公司将通过RRC Polytech和其他当地组织获得当地支持，以实施该项目并长期维护设备。该项目的成功实施将大大降低傻马公司投资机器人咖啡师的风险。机器人系统的部署将带来成本节约、生产率提高和管理劳动力短缺的能力。RRC Polytech团队期待着将他们在机器人和自动化方面的知识扩展到食品服务行业的应用。所获得的知识将有益于该项目的学生和研究人员，并在未来的研究活动中有用。