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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FOLLOWING NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW DEBUT, NEXT ROBOT UNVEILS 'AL DENTE' AI POWERED PASTA AND RISOTTO ROBOT COOKING TO PERFECTION
Next Robot Expands Culinary Automation Line to Preserve Flavor, Culture, and Feed the Future LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Robot, the culinary robotics company transforming commercial kitchens through AI-powered commercial cooking robots is excited to announce the debut of its newest model - Al Dente. A turnkey solution with precision auto-seasoning, intelligent cooking control and upcoming ingredient-loading automation. Al Dente is designed for reliability and consistency, delivering pasta dishes in 4 to 5 minutes. It also prepares risotto from scratch without hands-on attention making it a perfect fit for fast casual restaurants, pasta bars, cafeterias, ghost kitchens, and more. The product made its global debut at this year's National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago in May 2025 and will join Robby, Next Robot's flagship stir fry unit, leading a new era of scalable and intelligent cooking Powered by ChefSight, Next Robot's proprietary AI platform (US patent pending), Al Dente monitors texture, moisture and cooking progress in real time, ensuring every dish is cooked to perfection - not just by time and temperature but via visual cues and food behavior. A turn-key solution for restaurant owners, Al Dente offers a low-impact solution with precision auto-seasoning, intelligent cooking control and is built for reliability and compliance ensuring each dish reaches peak perfection with consistent quality and zero guesswork. From spaghetti pomodoro to risotto al funghi, Al Dente can transform any restaurant kitchen into that of a trattoria on the Amalfi Coast with Michelin restaurant quality without diminishing flavor, technique or ease of use. Al dente's production version will launch later this year "At Next Robot, we believe food automation shouldn't erase flavor, it should preserve it," said Giggs Huang, Co-Founder and CEO of Next Robot. "Al Dente doesn't just cook pasta and risotto, it safeguards centuries old culinary traditions while preparing kitchens for tomorrow's challenges." Next Robot is guided by purpose, developing tools that support chefs and foodservice teams in delivering high quality meals at scale. Beyond the aspirational, the company offers scalable solutions adept for the growing demands of hunger across the globe. Robby, named by school children, can produce 900 servings of food per hour, ten times faster than traditional methods, creating an opportunity to curb worldwide hunger needs. Robby is already utilized in over 100+ locations including schools, grocery stores, catering facilities, assisted living campuses and restaurants. By combining breakthrough technology with cultural preservation, Next Robot enables chefs and restaurateurs to upload and immortalize generational recipes, protecting them from being lost to time. With the launch of Al Dente, Next Robot will continue transforming commercial kitchens, creating scalable fresh meals with effortless consistency. The company aims to solve the biggest challenges kitchens face today including labor shortages, high-training costs and inconsistent quality while elevating food standards alongside customer satisfaction. With technology developed in real kitchens by real chefs using live feedback to drive practical innovation, Next Robots robotics-as-a-service model are leased month-to-month and delivers full kitchen automation and hands-on support including software updates, preventive maintenance, rapid service response and a dedicated customer service team. Media Contact: CARVINGBLOCK | nextrobot@ About Next Robot Next Robot is a California based culinary robotics company focused on empowering food service businesses through AI driven automation. Its flagship products Robby and Al Dente are transforming how kitchens cook, scale, and serve, while preserving culinary heritage with a long term vision to help address global hunger. To book a demo or learn more about integrating Al Dente or Robby into your kitchen, visit: View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE CarvingBlock
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FOLLOWING NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW DEBUT, NEXT ROBOT UNVEILS 'AL DENTE' AI POWERED PASTA AND RISOTTO ROBOT COOKING TO PERFECTION
Next Robot Expands Culinary Automation Line to Preserve Flavor, Culture, and Feed the Future LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Robot, the culinary robotics company transforming commercial kitchens through AI-powered commercial cooking robots is excited to announce the debut of its newest model - Al Dente. A turnkey solution with precision auto-seasoning, intelligent cooking control and upcoming ingredient-loading automation. Al Dente is designed for reliability and consistency, delivering pasta dishes in 4 to 5 minutes. It also prepares risotto from scratch without hands-on attention making it a perfect fit for fast casual restaurants, pasta bars, cafeterias, ghost kitchens, and more. The product made its global debut at this year's National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago in May 2025 and will join Robby, Next Robot's flagship stir fry unit, leading a new era of scalable and intelligent cooking Powered by ChefSight, Next Robot's proprietary AI platform (US patent pending), Al Dente monitors texture, moisture and cooking progress in real time, ensuring every dish is cooked to perfection - not just by time and temperature but via visual cues and food behavior. A turn-key solution for restaurant owners, Al Dente offers a low-impact solution with precision auto-seasoning, intelligent cooking control and is built for reliability and compliance ensuring each dish reaches peak perfection with consistent quality and zero guesswork. From spaghetti pomodoro to risotto al funghi, Al Dente can transform any restaurant kitchen into that of a trattoria on the Amalfi Coast with Michelin restaurant quality without diminishing flavor, technique or ease of use. Al dente's production version will launch later this year "At Next Robot, we believe food automation shouldn't erase flavor, it should preserve it," said Giggs Huang, Co-Founder and CEO of Next Robot. "Al Dente doesn't just cook pasta and risotto, it safeguards centuries old culinary traditions while preparing kitchens for tomorrow's challenges." Next Robot is guided by purpose, developing tools that support chefs and foodservice teams in delivering high quality meals at scale. Beyond the aspirational, the company offers scalable solutions adept for the growing demands of hunger across the globe. Robby, named by school children, can produce 900 servings of food per hour, ten times faster than traditional methods, creating an opportunity to curb worldwide hunger needs. Robby is already utilized in over 100+ locations including schools, grocery stores, catering facilities, assisted living campuses and restaurants. By combining breakthrough technology with cultural preservation, Next Robot enables chefs and restaurateurs to upload and immortalize generational recipes, protecting them from being lost to time. With the launch of Al Dente, Next Robot will continue transforming commercial kitchens, creating scalable fresh meals with effortless consistency. The company aims to solve the biggest challenges kitchens face today including labor shortages, high-training costs and inconsistent quality while elevating food standards alongside customer satisfaction. With technology developed in real kitchens by real chefs using live feedback to drive practical innovation, Next Robots robotics-as-a-service model are leased month-to-month and delivers full kitchen automation and hands-on support including software updates, preventive maintenance, rapid service response and a dedicated customer service team. Media Contact: CARVINGBLOCK | nextrobot@ About Next Robot Next Robot is a California based culinary robotics company focused on empowering food service businesses through AI driven automation. Its flagship products Robby and Al Dente are transforming how kitchens cook, scale, and serve, while preserving culinary heritage with a long term vision to help address global hunger. To book a demo or learn more about integrating Al Dente or Robby into your kitchen, visit: View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE CarvingBlock Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data
Los Angeles Times
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Would you let Noah Wyle operate on you?
Which medical procedures can Noah Wyle perform? Who is the better doctor, Dr. Robby from 'The Pitt' or Dr. Carter from 'E.R.?' These answers and more when he answers our Very Important Questions presented by @DisneyPlus #NoahWyle #ThePitt
The Independent
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
I run Camp Bestival with my DJ husband, Rob da Bank – and this is what it's really like
It started one evening in the early 2000s when my husband Robby, better known to his fans as the DJ Rob da Bank, and I were – to put it politely – a little tipsy. That eventful night, we hatched a plan to start a brand new music festival that we called Bestival – and even though we hadn't really thought it through back then, here we are, some 20-odd years later, still running the family-friendly spin-off we launched in 2008, Camp Bestival, albeit with greyer hair, four kids and an ever-patient bank manager. It's probably best that we were a bit loopy, as, if I'm honest, I'm not sure anything could have prepared us for the reality of running a music festival. Forget the bands: the first thing we needed to master was the clear-up. When all our guests go home on Monday, the work doesn't stop there. Instead, that's when we go through the knackering and somewhat depressing experience of taking down the stages, sets and campsites. Depending on the weather, this can take anything from a week to a whole month. Then, hot off the heels of one festival, we have to start planning the next; fixing any bits that didn't go right – no festival ever runs completely smoothly – and worrying about how to sell a fresh batch of 30,000 tickets. Yet, for some reason, this whole psychologically challenging and physically exhausting process is oddly addictive. When Merlin was a baby, I remember us sleeping in a Mongolian yurt with him and Arlo, then 2, who was suffering from a hacking croup cough. Spiders crawled across the cot and cold crept in and kept us awake. But each morning, as the sun hit the canvas, we felt more alive and inspired than by any morning in 'the real world'. Watching Florence and The Machine, Ed Sheeran (then barely famous and playing to 30 screaming teens), a brooding Bon Iver and the legendary Chuck Berry play across our first couple of years set a benchmark for us. It proved that family festivals need not be 'poptastic' and full of naff activities – they could be cool, too. We've worked hard to achieve this status. In Camp Bestival, we have created a multi-layered, multi-venue wonderland for kids of all ages – as well as their parents and grandparents. Surrounded by rolling fields, colourful tents and shady woodlands, they can get lost in hundreds of activities and creative happenings all day. Screens are forgotten, devices are ignored, and for once technology takes a backseat. One of the biggest challenges I've faced with Camp Bestival came five days after giving birth to our youngest child, Miller, in 2017. Bearing a freshly bandaged emergency C-section scar with my newborn baby and buggy in tow, I was hit with the very real reminder that the show must go on. When you're an independent festival promoter, maternity leave is a lovely idea, but not very practical. Yes, we grow more exhausted as the weekend progresses. But as each day unfolds, we feel better and better for having so many unique, memory-making experiences, and we're able to temporarily forget the day job, mortgage or the state of the world. Encouraging creativity and exposing kids to the performing arts, live bands and DJs, as well as immersive arts and crafts, is what motivates us – and is so enriching for them. We still camp on-site with our kids for that reason – and they all have their assigned jobs. Arlo, now 19, lends a hand to the art department, helping them build and create sets; young entrepreneur Merlin, 17, has his own on-site sweet shop; Miller, 15, goes full DIY mode; and our youngest, Eli, 8, does the most important job of all: he enjoys the festival and reminds us why we do it. Of course, festival life has its challenges – not least being woken up in a sweaty teepee by one of the kids at 3am or having one of them 'steal' a golf buggy from the crew. But, as I look around at what we've created, almost two decades on, I know I wouldn't change any of it for the world.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Pitt Season 1 to Air on TNT Ahead of Season 2 Premiere on HBO Max
The Pitt is headed to basic cable: The hit medical drama will get a second run on TNT this fall, ahead of the series' Season 2 premiere on HBO Max in January 2026. An exact date has not yet been announced, but TVLine will keep you posted once it has been revealed. More from TVLine The Pitt Season 2 Premise, Time Jump and Premiere Month Confirmed — Plus, Who Is (and Is Not) Returning The Pitt's Noah Wyle & Co. Talk Taking Robby to the Very Edge in Finale and 'Getting Mentally Healthy' in Season 2 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Lands Season 3 Premiere Date For the uninitiated: The Pitt offers a realistic depiction of the greatest challenges facing healthcare workers in today's America, as seen through the eyes of the doctors and nurses working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh. Noah Wyle, a five-time Emmy nominee for his breakout role as ER doctor John Carter, now inhabits the part of emergency department chief Michael Robinavitch — aka Dr. Robby. The 15-episode first season takes place in real time (à la 24), with all episodes encompassing a single shift. Wyle, who wrote two Season 1 episodes, executive-produces alongside fellow ER vets John Wells and series creator R. Scott Gemmill. In addition to Wyle, the series' ensemble includes Tracy Ifeachor as Dr. Heather Collins, Patrick Ball as Dr. Frank Langdon, Supriya Ganesh as Dr. Samira Mohan, Fiona Dourif as Dr. Cassie McKay, Taylor Dearden as Dr. Melissa 'Mel' King, Isa Briones as Dr. Trinity Santos, Gerran Howell as med student Dennis Whitaker, Shabana Azeez as fellow med student Victoria Javadi, and Katherine LaNasa as charge nurse Dana Evans. Will you be rewatching on TNT ahead of its Season 2 return — or, perhaps, watching it for the very first time? Let us know in Comments. The Pitt Season 2: Everything We Know View List Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
