chrispeng [ad_1]
When you enjoy sushi at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, do you often ask: How fresh is the sushi that is spinning on the conveyor belt in front of you?
Sakae Sushi restaurant plans to test radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in four branches in the next one or two months to identify the freshness of sushi on the conveyor belt.
This system, called “Smart Sushi Bar”, is the graduation work of Pan Guobin (27 years old) and Lin Jingkun (19 years old) from the Electrical Engineering Department of Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore. The design principle is simple, that is, the bottom of each plate of sushi is equipped with an RFID tag, and the tag stores information such as the type, price, and time of the sushi. An RFID tag reader is installed under the sushi conveyor belt. If the sushi passing through the reader exceeds the preservation time limit, the system will automatically push out the outdated sushi out of the conveyor belt.
In addition, the system also helps restaurants respond when customers remove sushi from the conveyor belt. For example, the kitchen can decide whether to increase the number of sushi based on the situation. The system can also record the number of times the customer took each type of sushi, so as to count which type of sushi is the most popular. When customers check out, they only need to put all the sushi plates on the table, and the reader under the table can instantly calculate the total consumption.
Pan Guobin and Lin Jingkun, who designed the “Smart Sushi Bar”, started the idea in May last year and took about 4 months to complete.
Lin Jingkun said that he thought of designing this system because he likes to eat sushi, and he didn’t think that Rong Sushi would like their work.
Pan Guobin said: “The work of launching to the market is all approached by the hospital. We just learned that Ei Sushi will adopt our products. I am surprised!”
Fu Biaoxiong, President of Yuanpeng International, who manages Sakae Sushi, said: “We have been interested in the use of RFID technology a few years ago. However, due to the high cost of RFID tags in the past, we have not adopted them. Compared to five or six years ago, The price of an RFID tag is 1 yuan, and the current price has dropped to less than 1 cent. Therefore, we think it is time to use RFID technology to improve operational efficiency.”
Fu Biaoxiong said that the company has always been actively seeking to adopt various technologies, such as an interactive ordering system and a portable sushi conveyor belt, to improve service quality. He set the ambition of Sakae Sushi to open more than 15,000 branches all over the world, and hoped that when people think of sushi, they will think of Sakae Sushi, just like when they think of coffee, they think of Starbucks, and when they think of pizza, they think of it. Pizza Hut.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore will hold an open day for three consecutive days starting tomorrow (17th). At that time, the campus will hold a science and technology exhibition. Freshmen and the public who come to visit will be able to see the “Smart Sushi Bar” and other products designed by engineering students.
[ad_2]
