Autonomous AI Food Production System Launches in UAE
Circus SE has unveiled its CA-1 AI-powered autonomous food production system in Abu Dhabi, marking the company’s first deployment outside Europe and bringing the technology to the UAE. The system is being deployed with Royal Prestige Food Contracts, one of the UAE’s leading contract caterers.
The deployment follows Circus SE’s receipt of certification under the UAE’s Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme (ECAS), issued by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology in July 2026. The certification enables commercial deployment of the company’s autonomous systems in the country.
What the autonomous AI food production system does
CA-1 produces more than 200 meals per load and can serve up to five meals in parallel, including stews, curries, pasta, nutritious salads and sautés. It manages up to 36 refrigerated ingredient silos, automated induction cooking, robotic plating and a self-cleaning dishwasher system without human intervention.
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The system runs on CircusOS, Circus’s proprietary operating system, which handles predictive diagnostics, inventory management and real-time recipe adjustment. All ingredients are supplied through UAE supply chains via Royal Prestige.
Royal Prestige produces more than three million meals annually for clients such as the UAE Army, the UAE Royal Palace, UAE ministries, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Red Crescent.
Circus SE’s view
“ We chose the UAE for our first deployment outside Europe because few markets move this quickly from pilot to scale. The country is building the infrastructure of the AI economy, and food production belongs in that infrastructure. Together with Royal Prestige, our CA-1 AI robots are designed to establish a new generation of autonomous food infrastructure in the region – a world’s first. We expect the UAE to become one of our largest markets in the medium term”.
Nikolas Bullwinkel, Founder and CEO of Circus SE, said the company selected the UAE for its first deployment outside Europe.
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