The coffee shop "Cafe X" which the robot offers freshly brewed coffee



Due to advances in technologyRobots rob the human workWhile the debate is growing as to whether to create a lifestyle or richness in a new dimension, coffee shops by robots that symbolize such times are open in Hong Kong and San Francisco.

Cafe X: Premium coffee in seconds
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Startup launched by entrepreneur Henry Hu "Cafe X"Develops a coffee shop where human varistors do not exist as in the past. It has a compact "shop" like the picture below, and the espresso machine and the robot arm are automatically brewed coffee and provided.


You can also see the robot actually providing coffee with the following tweets' videos.


Cafe X's coffee robot has twoWMF espresso machineIt consists of one robot arm.


First of all, the user orders the coffee that he / she wishes to drink with the application of the smartphone. Coffee beans can be selected from 3 types, and the presence or absence of milk or syrup can also be specified at the time of ordering. Or you can order from the screen of the tablet installed in front of the equipment.


If you order in advance with a smartphone, the robot will automatically brew the coffee. Therefore, it is possible to order in the way to the store, pick it up and return home as soon as you arrive.


The brewed coffee is grabbed by the Mitsubishi robot arm and placed in the eight insulation stations set on the table. At the heat retention station I keep the coffee for 8 minutes and wait for it to be picked up by the user, but the coffee over time is automatically discarded and the new coffee is re-brewed for free And that.


To pick up the completed coffee, enter the 4 digit PIN code displayed on the smartphone at the time of order ......


The robot arm grips the coffee and sets it in the table in front of the user.


Then the table fell down, the front door opened and we were able to take out coffee.


In this way the receipt of coffee is completed. By ordering coffee in advance, Cafe X was a robot coffee shop that can omit the process of ordering, cooking, finishing and providing as before. "It is a mechanism that also worries such as" Is there any customer who can actually deliver the goods smoothly? "" Is there no customer who can not come pick up while ordering? "According to Cafe X, in Hong Kong which has already started offering There is no problem.


CEO Hu said about the purpose of opening Cafe X "If you want to drink really good coffee, you had to go to the coffee shop and queue for a few minutes, or if you are in a hurry The drinkable coffee is not delicious, so we decided to use automated technology and incorporate a mechanism to place orders from mobile so that we can receive really delicious coffee quickly. "

Cafe X first opened in the "Science Park" where the latest technology is located in the Shatin district of Hong Kong, and it is offering coffee using illiy beans. From January 30, 2017, it opened in the "Metreon" shopping center located in San Francisco and is offering coffee with all the brands of beans such as "AKA Coffee", "Verve Coffee Roasters", "Peet's" It is.

Cafe X: Premium coffee in seconds

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