#COVID-19 #coronavirus #QianxiRoboticCatering<br />The unmanned food stations were developed by Qianxi Robotic Catering and donated to Wuhan, the city at the heart of the COVID-19 outbreak which has killed at least 1,770 people in China<br />Footage has emerged that shows catering robots churning out three dozen meals every 15 minutes for front-line medical workers in coronavirus epicentre Wuhan.<br /><br />The unmanned food stations were developed by Qianxi Robotic Catering, a subsidiary of Chinese real estate giant Country Garden.<br /><br />They were donated to Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China, where medics on the frontline of fighting the COVID-19 outbreak are struggling to secure regular meals due the city being on lockdown.<br /><br />Doctors and nurses are reportedly also missing canteen hours due to being on call or in medical emergencies.<br /><br />Outside Hannan Red Cross Hospital, where isolation wards and temporary treatment centres have been set up, the pink robot catering stations are serving up traditional brown rice clay-pot casserole dishes to order for free.<br />The company says each vending station can satisfy at least 120 diners an hour.<br /><br />It is able to make 36 meals every 15 minutes, running 24 hours a day to ensure medics are able to eat whenever they need to.<br /><br />Qiu Mi, general manager of Qianxi Robotic Catering, said: “This system solves the problem of medical workers getting only irregular meals by offering them food at any time of the day.<br />“As the catering robots are fully automated and the food production process no human contact, it also lowers the risk of infection.<br /><br />Qianxi Robotic Catering was founded in May 2019 and has pioneering automated catering in China.<br /><br />It’s flagship restaurant, called Foodom, is successfully serving customers in Guangzhou, capital of South China’s Guangdong Province, despite having zero human staff.<br />
