'Flippy' The Fast Food Robot (Sort Of) Mans The Grill At Caliburger : The Two
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'Flippy' The Fast Food Robot (Sort Of) Mans The Grill At Caliburger
After months of practice in the art of fast food preparation   "Flippy  " has finally taken up a position as grill cook on the line at Caliburger's Pasadena  Calif.  restaurant.
Even so  it could be the beginning of a bright career for  Flippy  in an industry that is otherwise notorious for high employee turnover.
It certainly helps that Flippy  a burger-flipping robot developed by Miso Robotics  shows no concern about the low wages  meager benefits or long hours that plague the industry. The robot is reportedly capable of grilling 150 burgers per hour.
According to a press release from Miso  the company â which bills  Flippy  as the world's first burger-flipping robot â began working with Caliburger two years ago to develop  it  as a "cost-effective and highly efficient solution" that is "specifically designed to operate in an existing commercial kitchen layout and to serve alongside kitchen staff to safely and efficiently fulfill a variety of cooking tasks."
"The kitchen of the future will always have people in it  but we see that kitchen as having people and robots " said David Zito  co-founder and CEO of Miso Robotics tells KTLA in Los Angeles. "This technology is not about replacing jobs â we see  Flippy  as that third hand."
In  its  current version   Flippy  needs a human coworker to place the patties on the grill  put the cheese on top at the right moment and add the extras  such as lettuce and sauce before wrapping the sandwiches for customers.
" The Flippy robot  takes the form of a relatively small  wheeled cart equipped with a 6-axis robotic arm and what Miso Robotics calls a 'sensor bar ' TechCrunch writes. "It takes in data from thermal sensors  3-D sensors and different cameras onboard to perceive its environment. Digital systems that send tickets from the counter back to the kitchen give  Flippy   its  orders."
TechCrunch says unlike rival burger bots under development  such as one made by Momentum Machines   Flippy  uses artificial intelligence to improve  its  technique â so the more  it  works  the better  it  gets at the job  in much the same way that might be expected from a human worker.
 The website  adds: "A range of different tools  like detachable grippers  tongs and scrapers  help  Flippy  to cook burgers made to order  and keep a grill operating smoothly. A pneumatic pump allows  the robot  to swap out its own tools. Combined with Miso Robotics' AI  this range of tools will allow  Flippy  to make more than burgers over time  including chicken  bacon  grilled onions and other items that tend to be served in burger restaurants."
As part of its deal with Miso  Caliburger gets exclusive rights to use the services of  Flippy  for six months  but thereafter  other fast-food vendors would be allowed to buy  the robot . In  its  current form   Flippy  runs about $60 000 per unit  but the price could go up as  it  becomes more sophisticated and versatile.
For now   the robot  is operating only in a single Pasadena  Calif.  Caliburger restaurant  but the chain has plans for expansion within the U.S. after a trial period.
Although Miso and Caliburger emphasize that  Flippy  will be part of an integrated  part-robot  part-human  kitchen  according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute last year  fast food was among the industries most vulnerable to automation.
'Flippy' The Fast Food Robot (Sort Of) Mans The Grill At Caliburger
After months of practice in the art of fast food preparation   "Flippy  " has finally taken up a position as grill cook on the line at Caliburger's Pasadena  Calif.  restaurant.
Even so  it could be the beginning of a bright career for  Flippy  in an industry that is otherwise notorious for high employee turnover.
It certainly helps that Flippy  a burger-flipping robot developed by Miso Robotics  shows no concern about the low wages  meager benefits or long hours that plague the industry. The robot is reportedly capable of grilling 150 burgers per hour.
According to a press release from Miso  the company â which bills  Flippy  as the world's first burger-flipping robot â began working with Caliburger two years ago to develop  it  as a "cost-effective and highly efficient solution" that is "specifically designed to operate in an existing commercial kitchen layout and to serve alongside kitchen staff to safely and efficiently fulfill a variety of cooking tasks."
"The kitchen of the future will always have people in it  but we see that kitchen as having people and robots " said David Zito  co-founder and CEO of Miso Robotics tells KTLA in Los Angeles. "This technology is not about replacing jobs â we see   [TGT] as that third hand."
In   [TGT]   current version    [TGT] needs a human coworker to place the patties on the grill  put the cheese on top at the right moment and add the extras  such as lettuce and sauce before wrapping the sandwiches for customers.
" The Flippy robot  takes the form of a relatively small  wheeled cart equipped with a 6-axis robotic arm and what Miso Robotics calls a 'sensor bar ' TechCrunch writes. "It takes in data from thermal sensors  3-D sensors and different cameras onboard to perceive its environment. Digital systems that send tickets from the counter back to the kitchen give   [TGT]     [TGT]   orders."
TechCrunch says unlike rival burger bots under development  such as one made by Momentum Machines   Flippy  uses artificial intelligence to improve  its  technique â so the more  it  works  the better  it  gets at the job  in much the same way that might be expected from a human worker.
 The website  adds: "A range of different tools  like detachable grippers  tongs and scrapers  help   [TGT] to cook burgers made to order  and keep a grill operating smoothly. A pneumatic pump allows  the robot  to swap out its own tools. Combined with Miso Robotics' AI  this range of tools will allow   [TGT] to make more than burgers over time  including chicken  bacon  grilled onions and other items that tend to be served in burger restaurants."
As part of its deal with Miso  Caliburger gets exclusive rights to use the services of   [TGT]   for six months  but thereafter  other fast-food vendors would be allowed to buy  the robot . In  its  current form    [TGT]   runs about $60 000 per unit  but the price could go up as  it  becomes more sophisticated and versatile.
For now   the robot  is operating only in a single Pasadena  Calif.  Caliburger restaurant  but the chain has plans for expansion within the U.S. after a trial period.
Although Miso and Caliburger emphasize that  Flippy  will be part of an integrated  part-robot  part-human  kitchen  according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute last year  fast food was among the industries most vulnerable to automation.