Chicken Robot / Frying Robot / Kim's Club / Food Tech

Robots are improving efficiency and lowering work intensity by taking over tasks that are difficult for humans. You can easily encounter robots in the food service industry as well. The combination of food service and robotics is loved by many to the point where the term "Food Tech" has become a craze.😘

What do robots introduced in the food service sector mainly do? It might be easier to understand the core of cooking robots not as "making food" but as "replacing tasks that are hard for humans during the cooking process." For example, robots are being widely introduced in simple processes such as repetitive tasks in front of a fryer or washing large quantities of rice.

 Click to watch the video introducing the chicken robot.

 The reason Kim's Club Mokdong branch introduced a chicken robot 🐔

Among them, robots introduced into the chicken cooking process are gaining significant popularity.😎 

The popularity of chicken robots continues to rise among both owners and customers, to the extent that brands themed around "chicken made by robots" are emerging.

Inquiries about chicken robots at Marosol are also steadily increasing. This week, we introduced a chicken robot to the Kim's Club Mok-dong branch. We were also able to conduct an interview with the CEO of Kim's Club.🎤 Through the CEO interview, let's find out together why Kim's Club introduced a chicken robot and what points have improved through it!👇

 Q1. Hello, CEO. Please introduce yourself.

Hello. I am Jang Dong-jin, the representative of M-Fast Co., Ltd. (operator of 7 marts, including Kim's Club Mok-dong branch). After working at a large distribution company for about 20 years, I started operating the company with experienced staff three years ago because I wanted to run a mart combined with an online platform.

 Q2. What motivated you to introduce the chicken cooking robot?

I think the biggest concern for large marts is how to competitively present better quality and lower-priced products to customers.

In the meantime, incidents that could be called a "chicken war" occurred recently, so we decided to give it a try and looked for a chicken robot. After looking around, we discovered a chicken robot solution at Marosol and even reached the point of introduction.

 Freshly fried chicken by a robot

Q3. How did the chicken made by the robot taste when you tried it yourself?

It was very delicious. Furthermore, there are two aspects where I think it was a good idea to introduce the chicken robot. First, even unskilled employees can produce products with a consistent level of quality, just like highly skilled employees.

Second, overall time has been shortened significantly. So, I believe it served as a decisive factor in increasing overall productivity by accelerating the cooking process and the cooking time itself by about twofold.

Now, while the chicken robot is cooking, employees can focus on other tasks such as preparing ingredients, tossing chicken in sauce, packaging, and attending to customers, allowing them to handle a large volume of orders at once.

Q4. Among various SI companies with chicken robot solutions, you chose Ace Robotech. Is there a reason for your choice?

I also put in a lot of effort searching after deciding to introduce a chicken robot. Then I discovered Marosol, which is like a "robot department store." I felt that if I received a recommendation for a chicken robot from this place where various robots are listed, I could introduce it with trust, so I requested a recommendation from a Marosol robot expert. That's how I met Ace Robotech.

 Ace Robotech logo

There were about three major factors why the Marosol robot expert recommended Ace Robotech's chicken robot solution. First, Ace Robotech's programming technology is so outstanding that it can be easily applied to the various items we want to handle at our store.

Second, the robot price was very reasonable, within a range we could accept. Finally, various techniques are needed to determine the taste of the chicken, and since they said they could support those aspects as well, I chose them because I thought they were a good match for us.

 A robot that fries chicken to help the staff

Q5. I heard that you solved the price issue regarding the robot introduction through Marosol. Is that correct?

Yes, that's right. As is the case with most small and medium-sized enterprises, the biggest barrier to investment is a large amount of money going out at once. We also had many concerns because of the price issue before introducing the chicken robot.

I thought for a long time about how to introduce a robot more cheaply, and I heard that if I purchase through Marosol, I could receive grant benefits when purchasing through a lease via the "market-driven robot purchase support project." So, we introduced the chicken robot through Marosol and were able to introduce the robot more cheaply.

 Source: Freepik

Q6. Lastly, please introduce the Kim's Club chicken to our viewers.

We have newly launched chicken at our Kim's Club Mok-dong branch under the trade name "Gogos Chicken." We launched this with the thought that we could provide crispy chicken made with domestic fresh chicken to our local customers in Mok-dong at any time for only 9,800 KRW. Please come and enjoy it, and we will do our best to continue providing good products. Thank you.

 Click to view detailed information about the special exhibition.

With prices lowered and quality raised, it’s only a matter of time before they receive love from customers.😉 It is said that a smile never leaves the CEO's face thanks to the robot that makes crispy and affordable chicken for customers without resting for even a minute.😁

Right now, Marosol is holding a Robot Standardized Solution Exhibition. The fact that the chicken robot solution is included here is a key point!☝ The chicken robot solution package includes the robot, programming, and peripheral devices needed for frying chicken.

Additionally, we are providing installment programs, interest support, and even grants through the market-driven robot purchase support project when introducing the package, so don't miss this opportunity!