Truebird Coffee, 1st Gen

Food automation is one of the many places where robotics is finding its way into normal life. However, most entrants into this emerging class are simply repackaged industrial robots behind glass. Truebird seeks to bring automation to an accessible level more appropriate for the places where coffee is needed.

Hypersurface Studio contributed to the industrial design and mechanical engineering of several parts of the machine, particularly the customer interface, where the stakes of human-robot interaction are highest. Utmost care was taken to ensure that automation and human hands could occupy the same space safely, and that the appearance of and interaction with this interface would be welcoming and elevated.