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Additionally this month, we’re seeing more robotics technology penetrating labor-strapped restaurants, like Nala Robotics: which claims to be able to build a robot-run cloud kitchen in 24 hours: no human hands needed.Tech Tracker rounds up what’s happening in the technology sector of the restaurant industry, including news from restaurants, vendors, digital platforms, and third-party delivery companies. Here’s a breakdown of what you need to know and why:
Nala Robotics is an AI company that just launched Nala Marketplace: a network of robotic chefs that can be used to build and power a cloud-based kitchen in less than one day. This solution is ideal for quick-service kitchens that want to experiment with labor-light (or in this case, labor-nonexistent) models.
“Whether it’s an at-home chef who wants to start a food delivery business or a restaurant chain looking to enter a new market, our AI chefs can cook nearly any type of ethnic food, including Chinese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Mexican, Portuguese, as well as popular American food items such as burgers, salads, soups and more,” Ajay Sunkara, cofounder and CEO, Nala Robotics said in a statement.
Nala introduces the first fully automated robot chef that can learn how to precisely cook almost any recipes input into its system. Restaurants can create a virtual storefront where customers can place orders digitally where they are sent to the robot chef that can then place the order. The first fully automated ghost kitchen opened with Nala Robotics in Naperville, Ill. with plans to open more across the country soon. Operators pay a $250 initial fee and then a monthly licensing fee based on order volume.
Uber relaunches group ordering
Uber Eats now lets customers split the bill for easy catering or group ordering. The return of Uber Eats group ordering comes with a host of features including bill splitting, which will easily divide larger orders and ensure everyone’s food arrives at the same time, a checkout deadline for people in the group to place an order, and auto reminders to remind people to order food. Uber says the new features are ideal for office settings and virtual meetings.
Grubhub expands grocery delivery with Buyk partnership
Grubhub joins the throng of third-party apps venturing into or expanding grocery delivery capabilities. Grubhub announced this month a partnership with Buyk, which will allow for “ultrafast grocery delivery” in 15 minutes or less, starting at 30 grocery stores and convenience stores in New York City and Chicago.
“We’re excited to work with Buyk and together deliver everyday essentials and grocery items even faster to our diners,” Kyle Goings, director of growth and new verticals at Grubhub said in a statement. “This partnership will make the Grubhub Marketplace a one-stop shop for restaurants, convenience items and grocery supplies, building more diner loyalty and helping drive even more orders to all of our restaurant and merchant partners.”
Zitti payment and credit platform launches—raising $4 million
Zitti is a new payment and credit platform that is meant to give smaller restaurants the same digital payment options and opportunities as larger chains. With an initial $4 million raised to grow the team and expand the proprietary technology capabilities, this fintech b2b solution platform is meant to streamline an operator’s supplier needs.
From an online marketplace of suppliers to payment management software, Zitti’s platform is designed to help smaller restaurants get discovered by new suppliers and increase their buying power so it’s not just large chains taking the lion’s share of the supply chain.
This product solves the issue of soggy food delivery
Not all technology solutions are digital or cloud-based. Soggy food has been one of the top complaints from customers since on-demand food delivery exploded during the pandemic. Certain foods like fried chicken, French fries and steak don’t travel well in traditional clamshell delivery boxes. SAVRPak's small, biodegradable packets placed inside delivery packages are designed to “soak up” condensation and keep crispy food crispy and dry.
“Delivery is an environment where food doesn't always get handled the way we want it to after it leaves our hands,” Brian Morris, vice president of culinary, learning and development for Hattie B's Hot Chicken told Nation's Restaurant News. “Maybe there was traffic on the way to the wedding or office party and we want this beautiful fried chicken to make it there and be the experience we want it to be. […] This SAVRPak has been a game changer for us in this way. […] I was skeptical about putting these little frozen things in my pan of hot fried food. But hours later it was still crispy and I could not believe it.
The Hand of God' is why Maradona was hated by some but loved
"That goal became part of soccer history," he wrote in his autobiography. "There are still 10-year-old kids out there today with 'Maradona' on their backs.To get more news about VeboTV, you can visit vebobd.live official website.
Indeed, it is impossible to discuss Maradona's first goal for Argentina in their 2-1 win over England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup without almost immediately mentioning his second.
The two are bound together in footballing folklore, perfectly contrasting examples of the ingenuity of the most polarising personality the game is ever likely to see.
Maradona was the quintessential troubled genius, a man blessed with a gift that cursed him with a level of fame which he found himself unable to handle.
Were he playing today, he would undoubtedly benefit from more protection from referees – and arguably from himself.
"In our era, footballers didn't get the support they needed," ex-England international John Barnes tells GOAL. "So, you had lots of players like Maradona back then who were considered a bit crazy.
"Now, though, I think that with the support and discipline inherent in the modern game, you don't get players like that anymore."You don't get goals like the 'Hand of God' anymore either. With VAR, Maradona's opener against England would have been swiftly disallowed.
There may not have been as many cameras at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on June 22, 1986 as there would be at an average top-flight game today, but it was clear to many of those watching in real time that Maradona had used his hand to flick the ball past the onrushing Peter Shilton and into the net.
"We all saw it," Barnes said. "All of us on the bench – the players, the coaches, the manager – we all saw it clear as day. We all knew he'd handled the ball, so we just couldn't believe the referee hadn't seen it."Ali Bin Nasser has never blamed himself for failing to notice Maradona using his left hand to beat the onrushing England goalkeeper Shilton to a miscued attempted clearance from Steve Hodge in the 51st minute of the game. The Tunisian official has always insisted that he was let down by his linesman, Bogdan Dochev.
“If you look at the match, you can see that Dochev was in a better position,” Bin Nasser told Olé in 2001.
"I had my doubts, but when I saw that the linesman was running toward the centre circle, I gave the goal because I was obliged to follow FIFA's rules [that the decision of the official with the better vantage point should take precedence]."
In Bin Nasser's defence, not everyone watching was sure what had happened either. Commentator Barry Davies, who was covering the game for the BBC, had initially thought that England's players were appealing for offside.
Terry Fenwick, though, had seen the handball clearly and he raced up to the halfway line to remonstrate with Bin Nasser. However, only Glenn Hoddle was as visibly incensed as Fenwick, which bemused Argentina defender Oscar Ruggeri.
"Imagine if it had been the other way around," Ruggeri says to GOAL. "We would still be chasing the referee today!
"But some of them, like us, probably thought Diego had beaten the goalkeeper to the ball with his head. Diego even told us that it had been a header! It was genius how he ran off celebrating.
"Myself and Tata (Jose Luis Brown) at the back didn't have permission to celebrate goals at the other end of the field because it would have meant an 80-metre sprint at altitude in insane heat.
FIFA will introduce new technology to improve offside calls at the World Cup in Qatar this year, using a limb-tracking camera system.To get more news about VeboTV, you can visit vebobd.live official website.
FIFA said Friday it is ready to launch semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) that uses multiple cameras to track player movements plus a sensor in the ball — and will quickly show 3D images on stadium screens at the tournament to help fans understand the referee’s call.
It's the third World Cup in a row that sees FIFA introduce new technology to help referees.Goal-line technology was ready for the 2014 tournament in Brazil after a notorious refereeing error in 2010. In 2018, video review to help referees judge game-changing incidents was rolled out in Russia.
The new offside system promises faster and more accurate decisions than are currently made with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, even though the 2018 World Cup avoided major mistakes on offside calls.Controversy has since flared in European leagues, especially where VAR officials draw on-screen lines over players for marginal calls. They have been mocked as "armpit offsides" because of the tiny margins.
"Although these tools are quite accurate, this accuracy may be improved," said Pierluigi Collina, who leads FIFA’s refereeing program and worked the 2002 World Cup final in the pre-technology era.
Each stadium in Qatar will have 12 cameras beneath the roof synchronized to track 29 data points on each player’s body 50 times per second. Data is processed with artificial intelligence to create a 3D offside line that is alerted to the team of VAR officials.
A sensor in the match ball tracks its acceleration and gives a more precise "kick point" -- when the decisive pass is played – to align with the offside line data, FIFA innovation director Johannes Holzmüller said in an online briefing.Ensuring soccer’s biggest event is a showcase for technological progress — and avoids obvious errors that live on in World Cup lore — has been a long-time FIFA goal.
The shot by England’s Frank Lampard that crossed the Germany goal-line in 2010 but was not given as a goal almost immediately ended then-president Sepp Blatter’s opposition to giving referees technological aids.Later that same day in South Africa, a clearly incorrect offside call let Carlos Tevez score Argentina’s first goal in a 3-1 win over Mexico in the round of 16.
In 2014, Bosnia-Herzegovina failed to advance from the group in its first World Cup after Edin Dzeko’s early goal against Nigeria was wrongly judged offside. Nigeria went on to win 1-0.
FIFA’s push to get the new offside technology ready for the World Cup was slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Live in-game trials were run at the Arab Cup in Qatar last December and FIFA’s Club World Cup played in February in the United Arab Emirates.
Within seconds of a possible offside, a specialist member of the VAR team can manually check the data-created line for attackers and defenders and the kick point of the pass, Holzmüller said.It falls to the senior VAR official to alert the match referee of the right decision by their audio link. That should take from 20 to 25 seconds compared to an average of 70 seconds currently for a complex offside call.