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By APD writer Muhammad Sohail
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hospitality sector has been successfully saving 1.6 million meals per year from being wasted by using an Artificial Intelligence-powered or AI-powered camera that automatically recognizes what food is thrown into the bin, it was learned Tuesday.
At an official launch event in Dubai, Marc Zornes, co-founder and CEO of Winnow, said the company’s ‘Winnow Vision’ uses AI to detect the type and quantity of food items being thrown into a bin. The data allows commercial kitchens to track their food waste and make necessary changes to their food purchases and menus.
“Over 100 largest kitchens in the UAE have signed up for the system, which requires almost no staff training or data entry,” said Zornes, adding that Winnow Vision is saving the UAE’s hospitality industry millions of dirhams per year, in terms of food wastage costs.
“Some of them are using our old technology and some of them are using our new technology,” Zornes said.
The system is around 90 percent accurate and can be trained by staff, who can confirm or reject on a touchscreen what the camera says it has recognized.
Zornes said Winnow Vision can not only help reduce food waste, but also give facilities like all-day dining buffet restaurants a good sense of what guests like to eat, versus what they don’t like. So you’re able to better match what you’re with your guests’ tastes.
A camera is fixed on the wall, overlooking the bin. As a food item is thrown in, the camera recognizes the item. Staff can confirm or reject, on a touchscreen, what the camera says it saw go in.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
