Wonder debuts its first robotic meal assembly system after acquiring the tech from Sweetgreen

The entrepreneur Marc Lore posits that in the not-so-distant future, an autonomous kitchen will have the ability to whip up pizza, burgers, chicken, and seafood without any human involvement. His restaurant tech startup, Wonder, took one step closer to that vision in August when it debuted its robotic meal assembly system, Infinite Makeline. At the company’s Midtown East location in New York, Infinite Makeline has the ability to autonomously produce up to 500 bowls per hour from 68 ingredients. Wonder promises that by 2027, “tens of locations” across the Northeast, the Washington metro area, and Texas will house Infinite Makeline machines. By embracing automation of this magnitude, Lore says that he can cut labor and operating expenses, while also boosting a Wonder location’s throughput, and pass along those savings to diners. “The goal is to get the price of your food delivered to your door cheaper than getting deliveries and cooking,” Lore tells Fast Company. “Feeding families 21 meals a week is the ultimate goal.” [Photo: Wonder] Wonder, which in July announced a $650 million Series D round at a $9 billion valuation, is the latest tech endeavor spearheaded by Lore. He previousl…