Posted on 06/22/2019 5:45:50 PM PDT by simpson96
We’ve already seen McDonald’s push for more touchscreen kiosks in stores. Now one restaurant in Chicago is being used to test robot fryers and a drive-thru that uses voice-recognition rather than people. From the Wall Street Journal:
The company is testing voice-recognition software at a drive-through in suburban Chicago. Inside the restaurant, a robot also tosses chicken, fish and fries into vats of oil. Both technologies are meant to shorten customer wait times that executives acknowledge have grown in recent years. McDonald’s also has stopped serving some burgers and given franchisees more control over their menus recently to simplify operations.
McDonald’s is working to speed up service as it faces tough competition from smaller burger chains and declining fast-food traffic in the U.S. overall. Visits to U.S. fast-food burger restaurants fell 1% during the first three months of this year, according to research firm NPD Group Inc…
Other fast-food chains are also exploring automation to quicken operations and cut costs in an expensive labor market. Minimum wages are rising in many states, and unemployment is at record lows. More than one-third of restaurant operators are struggling to fill open jobs, according to a survey conducted in April by the National Restaurant Association.(snip)
No doubt this will simplify things for workers. It will also likely mean the restaurant requires fewer of them to operate in the long run.
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I hope it understands when I order a vanilla iced coffee.
BT-1000... If no one else knows what that is...never mind. Picking myself up from the floor from laughing so hard.
“They pile on so many condiments that you cannot taste the hamburger.”
Isn’t that their objective?
As it's certainly not fit for human consumption.
Well, maybe the Egg McMuffin. But that's about it.
A dahhh bull cheeezze bur gur! On yon rings! And A LARGE ORANG DRINK!.....
mwamwanahmwa maw mwa mwa….
AHHHAHHHHHHHHH! (SCreeeee! pFFFFp! ting ting ting)
I've got a sneaky feeling that robots will never be a minority.
This country put men on the moon and led the way in digital communication
Why is it that just about every drive in has 1930s era quality audio?
Also, their menu is bloated. If I want a gourmet burger, there are dozens of other places to get it. Go back to the basics.
Robots were coming anyway.. Learn to code, they are doing that one as well. Good luck.
Remember the hitchhiking robot who did fine in Canada and was decapitated in Philly?
That will be the fate of a robot who miscounts chicken nuggets or misunderstands a condiment request.
So will this mean when I order a large UNSWEET tea with whatever they will actually deliver unsweetened tea?
sounds good, but can they be programmed to spit in your food?
I speculate the McD-2500 will be equipped with defensive capabilities such as pepper spray, cattle prod, taser, and 911 auto dial. May not be enough, though.
heh heh heh heh...
“Will it understand drunk and/or ebonic speech patterns?”
The workers now can’t seem to get an order right so why would it be any different?
That’s nothing
I want to see them understand a Scouse, Mancusian, Cork or Scottish accent. Aye.
I was aware of that. However, the sheeple were not, which was my point.
And good luck to you as well.
Ok, I’ll go there...
facial recognition software. Video recordings. Bad actresses behavior gets immediately uploaded to YouTube.
There I go, back on the floor in stitches again.
We REALLY should stop before we get ourselves into trouble.
he he....
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