ECONOMY BUTLER
Economy Butler is an autonomous system for managing hot meals in economy class, handling preparation, serving, and collection of meal boxes. It reduces virus transmission by minimizing direct food handling by flight attendants.
Research
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly altered air travel. The galleys is one area of place which has significant touchpoints, with a high chance of spreading germs between crew members and onto passengers during meal times.
Autonomous Food Service
The three phases of Economy Butler's food service includes preparation, serving and collection of used containers. This process is fully automated and reduces reliance on crew members during meals on flights
Galley Parking System
The parking system in the galley provides each cart a space to chill and reheat the meals. The lower compartment houses the chiller while the upper compartments houses the convection ovens. Flight attendants manage the fleet of carts through a mobile application.
Meal Boxes
Steamway refills can last a long time as it is reusable. Just rinse it after a few cycles in Steamway. When it’s time to change the filter, consumers can buy a pack of refills
