Custom solutions for hospitality & food
We automate your dish.
RoboChef develops custom food preparation and vending machines for customers who want to sell their dishes, food and drinks autonomously – including cloud software for inventory, payment and an ordering interface with app, developed together with degaso.
30 s – 4 min
Preparation time, depending on product
24/7
Operation without on-site staff
TSE + GoBD
compliant – for every machine
20+
payment services supported
Our business model
Machine, software and service – all from one source.
We don’t build mass-produced goods but solutions for your product – from the first idea through design and construction to connected operation across multiple locations.
Custom solutions
A completely new preparation system – including robotics and special machinery, built exclusively for your dish.
Preparation & vending machines
Fully automated stations that prepare and serve fresh – stationary or mobile, with a design that sparks curiosity.
Cloud software with degaso
Developed together with degaso: inventory, payment and ordering interface including app – all machines visible in one place and controllable remotely.
Three service levels – you choose the depth
LEVEL 1
Sourcing
Consulting, needs analysis, selection and delivery of the right machine.
LEVEL 2
Sourcing + software
Plus cloud-based payment and inventory software: cashless payment, fill levels, sales and prices in one place.
LEVEL 3 · OUR CORE
Custom development
Concept, design and construction of your own preparation system – with cloud software on request.
Products & projects
What RoboChef builds today
Our own developments and selected machines – connected and operated with our cloud software.
PROTOTYPE RUNNING · Ice cream & sweets · fully automated ice cream parlour
Spaghetti ice cream
Freshly pressed, with sauce and sprinkles – a robot prepares every cup in the show kitchen behind glass.
3 flavours · 3 sauces · 3 sprinkles · 27 combinations · approx. 90 s
CONCEPT · Drinks · Leisure
Slush
Ice-cold and mixed by a robot: guests combine up to three flavours in layers and watch every step behind glass.
0.2 l · 0.4 l · 3 flavours · up to 3 layers · 30–45 s
CONCEPT · Hot food · Ready meals
SiSiSi Bowl Station
Store chilled meals, sell cashless, serve hot: a show robot opens the bowl and cooks it live behind glass.
108 bowls · 2–7 °C · approx. 1 min · 7 days autonomous
CONCEPT · Pralines à la carte · Confectionery
Confiserie Aurivelle
The praline counter as a machine: choose flavours on the display, a robot fills the box visibly behind glass – gift-ready with a greeting card.
24 varieties · approx. 1,200 pralines · box in approx. 90 s · 16–18 °C
CONCEPT · Donut & coffee kiosk · Food service chains
Kringelwerk Donuts & Coffee
A store on 2.7 metres: donut window with carousel, tray magazine and a coffee corner with a bean-to-cup machine.
approx. 380 donuts · box of 6 in approx. 60 s · box + coffee < 2 min
Drinks · Fitness
Protein shakes
Premium protein shakes at the push of a button – for gyms, sports venues and campuses, with card and cash payment.
Compact machine · with RoboChef software
Cotton candy
Freshly spun in approx. 70 seconds – 64 flower shapes to choose from, a closed hygienic sugar chamber and a large smart display.
Concept · Everything in one container
RoboChef 24/7 – container kiosk & TrustShop
Our show machines such as spaghetti ice cream and slush in one front, next to a walk-in TrustShop: open the door with a card or app, take what you need, pay at the self-checkout. Delivered by truck and set up in a few hours.
20-ft container · around the clock · food · drinks · dessert · flowers · software with degaso
Your dish isn’t listed?
Then we’ll develop the right automation – tailored to you.
Concept store · together with degaso
Eat the Future: our food-tech store
Order at the kiosk, watch robots at work, stay for food, music and events: on around 100 m², the concept store shows how machines, software and hospitality work together – in any branding.
100 m² · 9 zones · self-order kiosks · frozen creation station
Visualisation of a concept
Custom development
Doesn’t exist yet? Then we’ll develop it.
01
Your idea
Dish, recipe, location: together we define the requirements.
02
Concept & design
Process, mechanics and appearance are developed in 3D.
03
Build & testing
We build the system and test it with your product.
04
Operation with cloud
Your machine goes online – you keep track of everything in one place.
Reference: cocktail bar in a trailer
43 drinks at the push of a button – 18 cocktails, 11 other drinks, 8 coffee variants, 6 beers.
Reference: barista with cobot
8 coffee grinders, beans weighed, dosed and freshly ground – fully automated.
Cloud software
All machines. One login. From anywhere.
Inventory, payment and an ordering interface for your customers – including app. Legally compliant, remotely maintainable and with a user interface in your brand’s look.
Developed jointly by RoboChef and degaso
Features
- Machine status, temperature & faults
- Fill levels & expiry dates
- Sales per machine & location
- Adjust prices remotely
- TSE & GoBD compliant
- 20+ payment services, card & wallet
- Ordering interface & app
- AI assistant & remote maintenance
Wherever people are on the move
STATIONARY
Charging stations · Companies · Universities · Swimming pools · Theme parks · Schools · Playgrounds · Hotels
MOBILE
Concerts · Festivals · Events · Trade fairs
About us
Automation know-how from Upper Franconia
RoboChef GmbH develops and builds automated food stations – development, design and manufacturing from a single source, with a direct contact in Germany. The company is based in Grub am Forst near Coburg.
Managing Director: Alexander Raps
Registered office: Rosengasse 18, 96271 Grub am Forst, Germany
On-site service – worldwide
Through the locations of UNIMATIC Automationssysteme: Coburg (headquarters) · Ostrava · Charlotte · Querétaro · Casablanca · Kunshan. Partner locations in Changshu and Penang.
RoboChef is backed by the experience of UNIMATIC Automationssysteme GmbH in machine and plant engineering.
Special machinery · Testing technology · Digitalisation · Special electronics
Contact
Tell us about your dish.
Write to us with no obligation – we’ll get back to you with an initial assessment of feasibility and service level.
vertrieb@robo-chef.eu
+49 9560 922321
RoboChef GmbH · Rosengasse 18 · 96271 Grub am Forst · Germany