The world’s first robot-crafted hamburger

A new hamburger restaurant in San Francisco will custom cook and build a burger to order, using a robot cooking machine


Startup Creator raised $18.3m in 2017 from venture capitalists including Google

Goal: Fully customised burgers soon available to order via smartphone app

1 Oven: Hormone-free, pasture-raised brisket and chuck steak is freshly ground, with strands hung
vertically and lightly pressed together to ensure tender, juicy meat

Machine uses 20 computers, 350 sensors and 50 actuators

2 Compressed air pushes fresh-baked brioche bun out of chute

3 Bun sliced by vibrating knife

4 Bun toasted and buttered

5 Precision-measured sauces and spices added to bun

6 Onions, tomatoes and pickles sliced to order

7 Shredded lettuce added to bun

8 Choice of two cheeses, grated and melted onto burger

9 Range of 12 seasonings on offer

10 Burger added to bun

Conveyor belt

Chimney flue

Price: $6*


*Creator claims product is comparable with $12-$18 hamburgers sold in upscale restaurants


Sources: Fortune, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wired, Creator 
Picture: Creator 
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