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title: "Restaurant Dive: The Restaurant Robotics Invasion is Just Beginning"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2c960bb2-d8cb-46d1-8477-152d6154ce71
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/capitalspring/restaurant-dive-the-restaurant-robotics-invasion-is-just-beginning-2718024
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2022-02-21T21:16:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:12:35.498Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/6adb8aafe519f8f894bfde94ad2982ff5607.jpg
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# Restaurant Dive: The Restaurant Robotics Invasion is Just Beginning

**TL;DR:** Restaurant chains like Denny's and Saladworks are adopting robot technology to combat labor shortages. Top chains such as Denny's, Saladworks, SweetGreen, and Jamba are using robots to prepare food and drinks, including coffee, frozen yogurt, and smoothies.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-02-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/capitalspring/restaurant-dive-the-restaurant-robotics-invasion-is-just-beginning-2718024).*

## Story

Jim Balis, Managing Director of Strategic Operations at CapitalSpring, was interviewed by Restaurant Dive to discuss the growing trend of utilizing robot technology to combat labor shortages in the restaurant industry. The current shortage is forcing many restaurant operators to find new and innovative ways to serve and prepare food for their customers.

"I think you're going to see a lot more with respect to robotics," said Balis. "There's a lot [in] our industry that can be executed pretty simply."

The article says preparing coffee, frozen yogurt and smoothies are just a few of the tasks that can be performed by robots. Top chains like Dennys, Saladworks, SweetGreen and Jamba are all jumping on the trend to maintain customer satisfaction and ease operations.

"A robot doesn't call in sick, works on the weekend and it's not having an affair with another employee or another robot," Balis said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Denny's (company)
- Saladworks (company)
- Sweetgreen (company)
- technology adoption (topic)
- Jamba (company)
- Capital Spring (investor)
- labor shortages (topic)
- Jim Balis (person)
- restaurant robotics (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/capitalspring/restaurant-dive-the-restaurant-robotics-invasion-is-just-beginning-2718024). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2c960bb2-d8cb-46d1-8477-152d6154ce71).