Robot model
Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk
Vision-guided robotic coffee kiosk (Jarvis arm) making hot/cold espresso drinks.
- Manufacturer
- Cafe X
- Form factor
- food_service
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
Overview
Vision-guided robotic coffee kiosk (Jarvis arm) making hot/cold espresso drinks. Honest status: after closing downtown SF retail (2020), now operates primarily at airports (SFO, SJC) and B2B sites.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 2 sources, view all
Key facts
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Autonomy
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Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
Cafe X self-operates robotic coffee kiosks at San Francisco International Airport in Terminals 1 and 3, representing its current public locations following the 2020 closure of its downtown San Francisco stores.
Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk on the deployment map
Where Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Cafe X robotic coffee bar 2.0
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Deployment-verified media (1)
Cafe X's footage of its second-generation robotic coffee kiosk, where a robotic arm hands off cups around automated espresso machines. The arm motion is largely scripted pick-and-place from fixed positions, not vision-guided food manipulation.
From deployment: San Francisco Bay Area
Supply chain (1)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMitsubishi six-axis industrial robot arm ('Gordon')suppliesclaimedended
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk?
- Vision-guided robotic coffee kiosk (Jarvis arm) making hot/cold espresso drinks. Honest status: after closing downtown SF retail (2020), now operates primarily at airports (SFO, SJC) and B2B sites.
- How much does Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk cost?
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk from Cafe X. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk?
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk is made by Cafe X, based in San Francisco, CA, USA, founded in 2014.
- Where is Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk is on the DEPLOY registry, including at San Francisco Bay Area.
- Can you buy Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk?
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable food_service robots to Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk include Chef Robotics Chef+, ADAM, Blendid Smoothie Kiosk, Dexai Alfred.
- How does Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk compare to Chef Robotics Chef+?
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk and Chef Robotics Chef+ (Chef Robotics · 3 deployments) are both food_service robots on the DEPLOY registry. Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk a top food_service?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk ranks in roughly the top 15% of food_service models tracked by the registry.
- What is Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk's maturity stage?
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk safe?
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: food_service
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk.Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/cafe-x-kiosk.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/6784710f-4765-40d3-ae19-0b0a12b65d2d
- Revision history: /models/cafe-x-kiosk/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk has insufficient attention data but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among food_service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 21, 2026