Friday, March 10, 2017

Burger-flipping robot replaces humans on first day at work

Via Billy


A burger-flipping robot has just completed its first day on the job at a restaurant in California, replacing humans at the grill.

Flippy has mastered the art of cooking the perfect burger and has just started work at CaliBurger, a fast-food chain.

The robotic kitchen assistant, which its makers say can be installed in just five minutes, is the brainchild of Miso Robotics.

“Much like self-driving vehicles, our system continuously learns from its experiences to improve over time,” said David Zito, chief executive officer of Miso Robotics.

6 comments:

  1. What did they think was going to happen?

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    1. Really and they have self service fast food stores I read somewhere.

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  2. Clever but poor design.

    if you don't get sucked into the "make the robot work in the same inefficient way a human does it" model, you can do a lot more.

    instead of a robot that flips burgers on a frier, create a frier that cooks on both sides. Like burger king did 30 years ago. Conveyor belt timed to exactly the right cooking time. All you need to add is an auto-loader for the meat and another to scoop up the meet and put it on a bun.

    Or even cook than at a factory, microwave and assemble at the store.

    The point is, you don't need to make a machine to imitate a human, since machines can be designed to do it BETTER than a human.

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  3. These robots are too slow because they are mechanical.
    A good human worker can work circles around them as long
    as you don't get some half-wit that refuses to work beyond
    slow motion.

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    1. I donlt believe they would use them unless they are faster/cheaper than their average worker.

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