#FIGHTFOR15: Burger robots to appear at 50 locations.

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Nancy Owano:

We have been treated to a generous amount of stories announcing new advances in assembly-line robots and home-assistant robots. Smartened up with cameras and artificial intelligence, it looks like time to focus on a new breed of kitchen robots. Reports are in about how they may truly impact the restaurant trade.

Might robots prove so cost efficient and reliable that restaurant employers replace a significant number of workers with these robots?

It looks as if a marker is in the wings, with the announcement that robots called Flippy will be installed in 50 CaliBurger restaurants worldwide.

The CaliBurger patty-flipping robots are expected to roll out and replace human workers flipping burgers.

Sage Lazzaro in Daily Mail said CaliBurger began testing the machine earlier this year.

The team behind the robots is Miso Robotics, and a video back in March showed Flippy in action.

“Miso Robotics was founded in July, 2016 by Rob Anderson, Ryan Sinnet and David Zito as a robotic kitchen assistant developer. The company is focused on using  (AI) and automation to solve the high pain points in restaurants and food preparation,” wrote Mike Uy in Pasadeno Now.

Miso Robotics on their company site describes Flippy as a kitchen assistant and shows a video with Flippy in action.

https://youtu.be/lMIkWyiJp0k

Wait, one may say, that is risky, using a robot when humans can judge the quality of their flip moves.

Thing is, Flippy is not that dumb. ZME Science: “Flippy uses feedback-loops that reinforce its good behavior so it gets better with each flip of the burger. Unlike an assembly line robot that needs to have everything positioned in an exact ordered pattern, Flippy’s machine learning algorithms allow it to pick uncooked burgers from a stack or flip those already on the grill.”

Flippy can be installed in less than five minutes, said a video caption.

(An integrated system that sends orders from the counter back to the kitchen informs Flippy just how many raw burgers it should be prepping, said ZME Science.)

The robot is fitted with a 6-axis arm. As ZME Science explained, it has one arm and with six axes, has “plenty of freedom of motion” for performing tasks.

Back in March, TechCrunch described how its features do the job and where humans come into the picture.

“Among other functions, Flippy grabs unwrapped burger patties, moves them into position on a hot grill, keeps track of each burger’s cook-time and temperature, then alerts human cooks when it’s time to apply cheese or other toppings. Flippy plates burgers but doesn’t wrap them or add finishing touches like lettuce, tomatoes, avocado or a restaurant’s signature sauce.”

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hard to believe but this robot has more intelligence than the slut Hilary. do you think that whore dog billy has purchased one of the robotic sex dolls? well there goes the $15 min wage

Heh-heh. Thanks to some venture capital investments a few years ago, I’m poised to make a lot of money from this, while the rude, bigoted kids working in fast food go to bed wondering why their demands for $15.00 weren’t met.
When the first robot restaurant opens here, I’ll start eating fast food again.
(Okay, I do eat at one McDonald’s – because the owner won’t put up with crappy service to any customer, whatever their skin color).
I watched him drop a tray of food on the floor once, then clean it up himself. When asked why he didn’t have one of the kids clean it up, he said “I want them serving you, not me.”
It’s the only fast food joint I eat at.

@Petercat:

love your response and agree