Culinary & Foodservice Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Autonomous AI kitchen launches inside REWE supermarket in Düsseldorf

Circus SE's CA-1 Series 4 fully autonomous AI kitchen, which cooks, plates, and self-cleans up to 120 meals per hour, has launched inside a REWE supermarket in Düsseldorf.

The numbers

120 meals an hour CA-1 Series 4 prepares up to 120 meals per hour.
€6 Dishes are priced from €6.
$6.94 Dishes are priced from roughly $6.94.
450 kilograms System structure was redesigned to shed nearly 450 kilograms.
16,000 locations REWE operates over 16,000 locations.

Sources

interestingengineering.com

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