Robo Esso

Like many small businesses across the country, Matthew had difficult choices to make when it came to keeping his business open amid covid-19 restrictions. “The rule of thumb in the coffee industry is If you're not selling 200 cups of coffee per day you're not making money. Labor is simply too expensive, that is why you see so many small coffee shops, owner operated.” Says Matthew, who had to close his coffee business due to the pandemic. Small coffee shops are at the highest risk of closing due to the pandemic, Bloomberg reports that an estimated 7.3% of coffee shops will be closed permanently by the end of 2020. “To survive I really felt like I had no choice but to try something drastic. I quickly learned how to program a robot to make drinks just like a human barista. That’s how Robo Esso was born” - Matt Jones Robo Esso is a fully automated robot espresso bar capable of making drinks faster, more accurately and just as delicious as a human barista. Robo Esso can be open 24/7, making over 600 drinks per day and only needs roughly 2 hours of daily maintenance. Founder, Matt Jones says, “You can start adapting and automating now, or watch everyone else do it”. The small footprint of 48 square feet allows the robot coffee shop to be located almost anywhere and the fact that it’s contactless makes it a pandemic proof business. Using off the shelf equipment used by current coffee shops allows Robo Esso to customize it’s menu faster, offer more drink varieties and less expensive than any other robot coffee shop available today. Robo Esso’s goal is to make automation affordable and adaptable for small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs.