{"id":604006,"date":"2026-09-18T06:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/604006\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:08:15","slug":"meet-the-robot-serving-up-chips-in-less-than-three-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/604006\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the robot serving up chips in less than three minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A robot that can cook and serve chips within minutes is offering a glimpse into what the future of takeaway food could look like in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Rosie, the giant robotic arm behind Hawke’s Bay-based food truck Dr Bon Vons, has been attracting curious crowds at the New Zealand Tech Expo in Auckland today. <\/p>\n

Customers could order and pay for food on their phones using a QR code, before the robot took over the rest of the job. <\/p>\n

Once an order had been placed, Rosie would grab chips from the freezer, lower them into hot oil and cook them twice before dropping the finished product into a cardboard box. <\/p>\n

Founder Bono Vossen-Chong told 1News the whole process took about three to four minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe really does most of the work for us,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Vossen-Chong said he came up with the idea after attending an AI conference in China last year, where more than 100 robots were being showcased.<\/p>\n

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Dr Bon Vons founder Bono Vossen-Chong. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Having previously owned a Four Square and run a chicken and chips operation, he began thinking about how the technology could be used in New Zealand’s food industry.<\/p>\n

“I thought, could this be part of the future of food? So I just thought I’d give it a go and have a bit of fun,” he said. <\/p>\n

Rosie has proved particularly popular with children, although Vossen-Chong said adults were often just as intrigued.<\/p>\n

“Kids love it, they just want to put their hands all over it. Adults often watch it and they giggle and they laugh like kids again,” he said. <\/p>\n

Getting the robot ready for customers has taken some trial and error, Vossen-Chong said. There had been broken baskets and even a collision with the deep fryers.<\/p>\n

“She has caused a few problems,” he said. “But there’s not too many scratches on her now.” <\/p>\n

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Rosie places some chips into hot oil. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Could more Rosies be on the way?<\/p>\n

Vossen-Chong said he was already considering where the concept could go next, particularly in smaller communities where takeaway options were limited or businesses struggled to find staff.<\/p>\n

“Imagine every unmanned gas station across the country with one of these. You would be able to grab something to eat within three minutes or four minutes,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said unlike human staff, the robot wasn’t constrained by opening hours.<\/p>\n

“Rosie doesn’t mind the hours that she works.” <\/p>\n

While he didn’t expect every food truck to swap its cooks for robotic arms, Vossen-Chong said he believed automation would increasingly become part of how food was made and sold in New Zealand. <\/p>\n

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