When hamburger restaurants Wendy’s and McDonalds announced that they were instaling self-service kiosks (as pictured) in more than 2500 locations in the United States, they ushered in a new revolution in engineering in the fast food business It won’t be long before robots make up the lion’s share of fast food restaurant staff… given the rising minimum wages and new advances in technology that are pushing many fast food companies to look seriously at automation. New technologies are also being developed behind the counter to reduce the need for humans, with a number of manufacturers producing kitchen robots that can grill hamburgers, salt fries and do the work of traditional cooks. A good example is Flippy, a small cart-on-wheels that features an arm with six axes that can attain many motions to perform multiple functions with detachable tools and artificial intelligence programming. Flippy can - as its name suggests - make hamburgers, fry chicken and even cut vegetables…and the CaliBurger chain will have them in at least 50 of its restaurants within two years. automation, they could quickly recoup their investments on labour savings. So, in the future expect to hear, “Would you like fries with that, human?”
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