Robot model
Sally
Sally by Chowbotics was a 3x3 foot fresh food-making robot that assembled customizable salads, grain bowls, poke bowls, and snacks from up to 22 ingredients in…
- Manufacturer
- Chowbotics Sally
- Form factor
- food_service
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- discontinued
- Deployments
- 5
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Sally, a food service by Chowbotics Sally (commercial): 5 verified deployments on record. 1 source back the record.
discontinuedDiscontinued. The product or service is no longer actively pursued by the maker.
Overview
Sally by Chowbotics was a 3x3 foot fresh food-making robot that assembled customizable salads, grain bowls, poke bowls, and snacks from up to 22 ingredients in approximately one minute. Offering 10,000+ recipe combinations with calorie-tracking, Sally was deployed in hospitals, universities, grocery stores, and corporate cafeterias. Production ceased in August 2022 when DoorDash shut down Chowbotics.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Ingredient slots
Food types
Storage
Specs
Storage
Food types
Ingredient slots
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Sally. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (5)
Ferris State University deployed Sally the salad robot on campus.
Lutheran Medical Center in Denver deployed Sally to provide 24/7 fresh food options for night shift staff, since the hospital cafe was not open overnight.
University of Arkansas Medical School (UAMS) deployed two Sally robots in retail food locations.
Heinen's grocery store in Pepper Pike, Ohio was Sally's first grocery deployment, offering fresh salads as an alternative to traditional salad bars.
ShopRite piloted Sally at its Carteret, NJ store as a contactless alternative to self-service salad bars during COVID-19.
Sally on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
at Big Rapids, Michigan, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 27, 2020
at Carteret, New Jersey, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2020
at Pepper Pike, Ohio, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 6, 2020
at Denver, Colorado, USA
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sally.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
- Chowbotics - Sally Robot · https://www.chowbotics.com/
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-11
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-11
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: discontinued
Architectural position
Cohort: food_service
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sally.Recent coverage
Sally in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sally from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Star snaps of the week: Jenna Ortega, Sally Field, Bella Hadid, Vanessa Hudgens and more
P!nk gets the party started, Timothée Chalamet takes a hike and more.
Emmys Analysis: On the ‘Widow’s Bay’ Sweep, Sally Field Surprise and Weird Variety Series Situation
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage dissects Monday night's results.
Dolly Parton, Rob Reiner receive emotional tributes during 2026 Emmy Awards
Sally Field delivered an emotional tribute to Dolly Parton at the 2026 Emmy Awards, calling her "Steel Magnolias" co-star an angel on earth.
Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List
'Widow's Bay,' 'The Pitt,' 'The Late Show,' 'DTF St. Louis' and 'The Traitors' were among the shows honored. Acting awards went to Matthew Rhys (twice!), Jean Smart, Kate O'Flynn,…
Emmys: Dolly Parton Tribute Features Moving Cover by Reba McEntire and a Nod to the Late Icon’s “Bawdy” Sense of Humor
“If there are truly angels on Earth, then we just lost one – Dolly Parton,” Sally Field said as part of the tribute.
CA governor signs 'landmark' laws on youth use of social media and AI chatbots
They're aimed at protecting minors, but the rules are not universally supported.
China’s multipolar world order must prove it can be peaceful
China has spent years articulating its preferred principles for the world order. In June, it went a step further, bringing many of them together in a white paper on global…
Why looking away during a skin prick may carry a physical cost — in one pre-registered experiment the welt at its peak averaged 3.5 mm when people kept their attention on their own arm and 5.0 mm when they watched video clips
Three pre-registered experiments ran a standard histamine skin prick test on the forearm at least twice per person and varied the instruction about where to put their attention.…
Swonk: Fed Independence, Inflation Key for Jackson Hole
Diane Swonk, KPMG Chief Economist, discusses expectations for the upcoming Federal Reserve speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The speech is traditionally technical and…
Agility Robotics CEO on Plans To Go Public, China Rivals
Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, discussed the company's upcoming public debut, positioning it as the only pure-play US public company focused on humanoid robots with…
Disney’s ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Expands Into Fragrance With New Bath & Body Works Collection
The Disney and Tim Burton IP extends its reach into retail, with Jack Skellington, Sally and more featured across the new Bath & Body Works lineup.
Higher-income families more likely to enroll kids in organized sports: Poll
The findings point to a key problem in youth sports: parents almost universally see participation as an important part of kids’ childhood, but the out-of-pocket expenses can be…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/sally-robot-sally.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/819b7e17-e154-4a2c-a1bb-c650908865ca
- Revision history: /models/sally-robot-sally/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Sally draws attention at the 83rd percentile but verifies reality at the 93rd percentile among food_service robots. Hype Gap -10, 13th widest among food_service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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: Oct 2, 2026