Robotic food portioning, set up in minutes
$9/working hour per arm. Monthly billing. No upfront cost or annual commitment.
Drops onto your line. First scoop in minutes.
Engineers stay until it meets your spec, and come back whenever needed.
Place it next to your line
Just a standard outlet, no compressed air, no plumbing, nothing else.
Load any scoopable ingredient
AI vision calibrates to your setup and ingredients automatically.
Attach your existing disher, and press play
Works with the trays, pans, and dishers your team already uses.
Scanning…
AI Adapts to new ingredients
In seconds.
Computer vision reads each ingredient and adapts in seconds. Switch from rice to roasted vegetables to protein without reprogramming. Scoopable ingredients only; pick and place coming soon.
Lightweight arm built from scratch by MIT engineers.
Designed to work alongside people.
Many food automation systems start with heavier general-purpose cobot arms. We designed a lightweight, low-inertia arm specifically for food-line interaction: force-sensitive, gentle on contact, and gentle with food.
Designed for the kitchen.
Easy to keep clean.
Food only touches the commercial dishers, pans, and trays your team already cleans. Vollrath® dishers are removable and dishwasher-safe. The arm's surfaces near the food zone use food-grade materials commonly used in commercial kitchen equipment, with optional disposable covers or gloves.
Up to 400 trays/hr.
Accurate to ±0.25 oz.
Throughput and accuracy vary by ingredient, portion size, and line setup. We tune the system to meet your spec.
Why work with Animo?
Industries
What would it cost?
Illustrative estimate, not a quote. $9 per working hour, billed monthly. 8-hour shift, 4.33 weeks per month assumed. The $25/hour labor reference approximates a fully loaded U.S. food-prep worker: BLS median wage for food prep workers (~$15–17/hour, BLS OEWS) plus a typical 1.25× to 1.4× overhead burden for taxes, benefits, and paid time off. Actual labor cost varies by region, role, and employer. Pre-tax; excludes any taxes or duties. Final price is set in your service agreement.