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Pizza Hut Will Enlist Robots in Quest to Slice Delivery Times
- Automated pizza-maker sits in the bed of a Tundra pickup truck
- Pilot test marks the second partnership with Toyota this year
Pizza Hut is fusing two of America’s favorite pastimes -- pizza pies and pickup trucks -- in a bid to cut delivery times as fast-food competition heats up.
As part of the restaurant’s latest partnership with Toyota Motor Corp., Pizza Hut has unveiled a robot-operated mobile pizza factory in the bed of a modified Toyota Tundra. The prototype will use automated technology to cook pies on-the-go in six to seven minutes, letting the chain expand its delivery area without the pizzas getting cold.