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About CA-1 Series 4

CA-1 Series 4 is Circus’ enclosed robotic kitchen for automated meal preparation and customer pickup. It combines ingredient storage, four induction cooking stations and eight pickup slots, managed by Circus OS. The system is offered for workplaces, retail, transport hubs, hospitality and care settings.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

Long-range autonomous transit
Claimed - 2026-04-21 - Circus launches CA-1 Series 4 autonomous meal-production robot
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Deployments

Operating Use
Commercial CA-1 operations started in Abu Dhabi - 2026-09-22 - Royal Prestige Food Contracts - high-volume institutional catering - Circus began commercial CA-1 operations in Abu Dhabi with Royal Prestige Food Contracts.
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Timeline

Circus begins commercial CA-1 operations in the UAE
2026-09-22 - Deployment - Royal Prestige produces more than three million meals annually for customers including the UAE Army, Royal Palace, ministries and ADNOC. Circus says CA-1 systems are operating with locally sourced inputs, while local production of Circus Pods is planned rather than already completed. Dubai is the next planned UAE market; the event records the Abu Dhabi commercial operating start, not the earlier certification milestone.
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Circus receives UAE ECAS certification for CA-1 rollout
2026-07-01 - Regulatory - The certification was issued under the Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme and verified by TUV SUD. Circus said commercial rollout begins in Abu Dhabi, with Dubai planned to follow. The approval supports Circus's path toward fielded use in commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.
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Circus launches CA-1 Series 4 autonomous meal-production robot
2026-04-21 - Product Launch - Circus transitioned the fourth-generation CA-1 robotic system from R&D into serial deployments. System uptime increased from approximately 70 percent to more than 90 percent during Q1 2026. Circus said deployed systems were capable of serving hundreds of meals daily with limited human intervention.
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