Chustine Minoda, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Travis Air Force Base’s Monarch dining facility is the first in the DOD to acquire “Alfred,” an automated food preparation robot designed to improve production and quality of operations, reduce food waste and lower risks
We’ve seen some scary-looking robots this year, from armed military robot dogs to the most realistic humanoid machines. But there are plenty of cute ones, too, one of them being Alfred, the first robot for automated food preparation to start operating within an Air Force unit.
Alfred, developed by Boston-based startup Dexai Robotics to cut food waste, reduce risk of germ transmission and free up human hands for other activities, debuts at Travis Air Force Base.