Chipotle Introduces Robot Worker, Claims It Will 'Improve Employee Efficiency'

A team member removes the bowl of avocado fruit and moves it to the counter where they add additional ingredients and hand mash the avocados to make Chipotle's signature guacamole. (Credit: Chipotle)

A robot may soon be making the guacamole you're paying extra for.

Chipotle has partnered with food industry automation studio Vebu to put collaborative robots in Chipotle restaurants. Chipotle's first cobot, "Autocado," joined workers at the Huntington Beach, Calif. Chipotle for the first time Monday.