Tundra PIE Pro (the car with the robot for preparation of pizza)

2018: Announcement

The American network of pizzerias Pizza Hut entering into YUM corporation! Brands, within partnership with the Japanese car maker Toyota Motor provided the mobile robotic system for preparation of pizza created based on the modified Toyota Tundra SR5 pickup. It at the end of October, 2018 became known from publications of Bloomberg and Forbes.

In a body "пиццемобиля" Tundra PIE Pro are placed the refrigerator, two robotic manipulators of production Nachi Robotics System and the portable belt furnace. According to developers, a system is capable to work in the automatic mode, and all process of preparation of pizza takes about 6-7 minutes. One more advantage of Tundra PIE Pro - zero harmful emissions as the pickup is equipped with the electro-hydrogen hybrid engine from Toyota Mirai.

The car with the robot for preparation of Tundra PIE Pro pizza

The principle of system operation is simple: having received the order, one of robotic manipulators gets the kind of pizza selected by the client (procurements are located there in advance) from the refrigerator and sends its furnace. Ready pizza is got by the second manipulator placed on other side from the furnace. Pizza is cut on six portion pieces and packed into a box then the order is ready to delivery.

We transfer the furnace closer to doors of customers, nobody does it. We in every way aim to increase customer service quality. The closer we will appear to houses of buyers or points of delivery of the order, subjects there will be our pizzas more tasty and more hotly — the director of Pizza Hut of transactions and work with clients Nicolas Burquier told Bloomberg.[1]

However Forbes notes that Pizza Hut — not the first to whom the idea of preparation of pizza on the way to the client came. For example, the concept of a pizzeria on wheels is tested by the Californian startup of Zume Pizza which is also using robots in build process of pizza.^[2]

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