These Robots Are Making Meals for a Nonprofit in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
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A nonprofit in San Francisco's Tenderloin district is utilizing robotic technology to assist in meal preparation due to a shortage of human volunteers. Project Open Hand, which provides medically tailored meals, has partnered with Chef Robotics to enhance its meal assembly process. The robots help increase efficiency, allowing human volunteers to focus on more complex tasks in the kitchen.
- ▪Project Open Hand has struggled to attract volunteers for meal preparation.
- ▪The nonprofit prepares meals for individuals with various medical conditions, requiring tailored nutritional needs.
- ▪Chef Robotics provides robots that assist in plating meals, increasing the number of meals prepared per hour.
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Boone AshworthGearMay 24, 2026 6:30 AMThese Robots Are Making Meals for a Nonprofit in San Francisco’s TenderloinA nonprofit in the city’s most troubled district has turned to robotic meal prep tech to make up for a dearth of human volunteers.Courtesy of Chef RoboticsCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThese potato-salad-slinging AI chefs aren't taking anyone's jobs. Not yet, anyway. They’re just here as volunteers.Project Open Hand, a nonprofit founded in 1985 by local grandmother and HIV-awareness advocate Ruth Brinker, prepares and packages meals to meet the diverse nutritional requirements of people who need them.
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