Chipotle CEO Seeks to 'Modernize' Kitchens with Robots

New Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright reportedly wants to “modernize” the restaurant with robots working in the kitchen.
“It is my endeavor to really modernize the kitchen,” Boatwright told Yahoo Finance. “It’s been exactly the same for 30 years.”

Boatwright added that automating Chipotle’s kitchen will be crucial to expanding the company, which reportedly has a goal of hitting 7,000 locations from its current 3,600.

Last year, Chipotle and Hyphen, a company seeking to automate meal production in the foodservice industry, introduced a digital makeline, which involves a burrito bowl or salad traveling on a conveyor belt while the system automatically dispenses each ingredient.