{"id":33927,"date":"2018-11-13T17:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/pizza-robots-how-zumes-machine-learning-technology-today-will-change-meal-consumption-and-the-food-supply-chain-of-the-future\/"},"modified":"2018-11-13T17:50:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:50:56","slug":"%f0%9f%8d%95-pizza-%f0%9f%a4%96-robots-how-zume-will-change-future-meal-consumption-and-the-food-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/%f0%9f%8d%95-pizza-%f0%9f%a4%96-robots-how-zume-will-change-future-meal-consumption-and-the-food-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"🍕 Pizza & 🤖 Robots: How Zume will change future meal consumption and the food supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine a world in which you finally step out of back-to-back meetings at 1PM — your stomach is loudly grumbling — and immediately as your mind locks in on \u201cshrimp tacos\u201d… \u00a0a delivery rolls up with freshly-made shrimp tacos awaiting your arrival. In fact, the truck had anticipated your order last week, and had already loaded up shrimp, salsa, and tortilla ingredients earlier in the day. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s world is not there yet, but the growing importance of machine learning will play an important role in food consumption, with delivery robots and trucks anticipating when, where, and what you want to eat. <\/span><\/p>\n

In Mountain View, Zume Pizza<\/a> uses robots, humans, and machine learning to get you fresher, delicious pizza more quickly. Humans and robots work together to shape pizza dough and add toppings before they are put into a delivery truck, with pizzas cooked en-route to finish baking right before arriving at its destination. [1<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

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This diagram outlines traditional pizza delivery versus Zume\u2019s innovative model [Source: TechCrunch<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n