Doosan Robotics unveils fried food solution for school group catering
2024. 04. 30
Doosan Robotics unveiled a collaborative robot frying solution for school group catering.
On the 30th, Doosan Robotics announced that it participated in the ESG Leading Management School Frying Robot Demonstration held at Chuncheon Hansaem High School in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do on the 29th. The event was attended by Junghoon Ryu, CEO of Doosan Robotics, Sin Gyeong-ho, Superintendent of Gangwon-do Office of Education, Jeong Gwang-yeol, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of Gangwon-do Office, and other related officials.
The Gangwon-do Office of Education, as part of its ESG activities, promoted the introduction of a collaborative robot-based group catering frying solution in schools within its jurisdiction to improve the working environment and reduce the workload of cooks working in schools, and "977 Robotics" donated the solution. 977 Robotics, a system integrator (SI), is responsible for optimizing the collaborative robot frying solution, jointly developed by Doosan Robotics and JD, for school group catering settings.
With the group catering frying solution, 500 servings of fried food can be prepared in less than 2 hours using six frying baskets at the same time. The collaborative robot is installed at top of the frying solution module, making it easy to change the oil and clean the floor, and it is highly space-efficient, making it easy to apply to existing cafeterias. Along with this, Doosan Robotics has secured the ▲industry's highest level of safety certification (PLe, Cat4), ▲ food hygiene safety certification from the US National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) and ▲ a high waterproof and dustproof rating (IP66).
Generally, frying work can cause musculoskeletal and respiratory diseases as well as burns due to repetitive movements and oil fumes. The introduction of this new group catering frying solution is expected to increase the efficiency and safety of cooking work.
Junghoon Ryu, CEO of Doosan Robotics, said, "As the satisfaction of users was high during the one-month pilot operation, we expect demand from other school cafeterias to gradually increase," and continued, "In line with the trend of the expanding group catering service market, we will continuously contribute to improving the cooking environment and increasing worker safety by developing various cooking-related solutions."
