[oldmanpants]

It's just adding toppings to pizza (and too much sauce!)... I was hoping to see how the dough preparation would be automated. I'm sure it could be done, but I would prefer a hand-made pizza. I enjoy making my own pizzas, and the dough/crust is what makes the biggest difference in a pie, and is the most interesting/fun to learn and experiment with.

this robot to me is just the next level up from the skittles sorting robots.

[maxerickson]

8 pepperoni and 6 pounds of sausage.

I think this isn't really aimed at people seeking the joy of pizza, it's aimed at people selling slices in a stadium. There's a lot of those.

[porknubbins]

Yeah am I the only one who thinks less is more when it comes to sausage on pizza? And smaller crispy bits not big grey chunks that are barely warm in the middle please. This pizza looks gross.

[wpietri]

I also have questions about what makes this a robot, because to me this looks like regular factory machinery.

[sophacles]

The line between robot and "regular factory machine" has always been fuzzy, and gets even fuzzier as time passes - and more automation from robots back-propagates to things that are "just" machines.

[mfoy_]

I mean, maybe it uses blockchain technology and definitely deserves a crazy valuation?

[wpietri]

Pizza on the blockchain! Tired of your orders getting made wrong? Just put them in an immutable, distributed database, and you're guaranteed perfect pizza every time! But don't eat that flawless pie, because our upcoming SausageCoin™️ ICO guarantees its value will only go up, up, up!

[contravariant]

Far as I can tell you get to claim it's a robot if it doesn't require human intervention to do its job. Even if that job is a relatively simple one.

Of course the popular meaning requires a lot more autonomy than just not requiring human intervention, but in a factory that distinction is pointless.

[holy_city]

Consumer (and I assume commercial) bread machines often have a "dough only" cycle that you can use for automating your dough process. But I'd like one with a water filter and more granular control over the germ time, temperature, rise time, and knead strength/time all in one widget. Something with multiple wet/dry hampers and a programmable cycle would be really cool too.

[fyfy18]

Domino's (yes maybe not everyone's idea of perfect pizza) has a good video explaining how their dough is made. They have a production line that mixes, kneads and balls the dough, then it just needs to be placed into trays by a human. It is shipped fresh to restaurants, so proofs in transit.

https://youtu.be/jPQ87J_5qyw