Posted on 02/28/2020 10:44:06 AM PST by Red Badger
In a test kitchen in a corner building in downtown Pasadena, Flippy the robot grabbed a fryer basket full of chicken fingers, plunged it into hot oil — its sensors told it exactly how hot — then lifted, drained and dumped maximally tender tenders into a waiting hopper.
A few feet away, another Flippy eyed a beef patty sizzling on a griddle. With its camera eyes feeding pixels to a machine vision brain, it waited until the beef hit the right shade of brown, then smoothly slipped its spatula hand under the burger and plopped it onto a tray.
The product of decades of research in robotics and machine learning, Flippy represents a synthesis of motors, sensors, chips and processing power that wasn’t possible until recently.
Now, Flippy’s success — and the success of the company that built it, Miso Robotics — depends on simple math and a controversial hypothesis of how robots can transform the service economy. Costing less to employ than a minimum-wage worker, Flippy is built to slip in right alongside humans on the fast-food line.
Flippy the robot running a fry station at Miso Robotics’ test kitchen in January in Pasadena. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
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What is a “ man-bun “, or should I ask?...................
There. Fixed.
The fruits of a $15 per hour minimum wage.
“The new burger chef makes $3 an hour and never goes home.”
Does it do windows?
No, it’s an Apple machine...............
As long as it can stack the bun patty cheese and apply the condiments evenly I would be happy. Nothing pi$$es me off more then to open the sandwich box and have everything messed up and Ketchup and mustard smeared all over. If you are going to get paid $15/hour at least take your time assembling my damn sammach
Back when I was young and before I went into the USMC, in 1973, I had long hair, like most young men did at the time.
I would have never worn my hair like that anywhere at any time...................
Nothing tastes better than the burger from my kitchen, after being grilled in my Le Creuset grill pan!
When do we want it? NOW!!!
Ha! Military service works well for lots of folks but not everyone. At any event thanks ! I would have loved to try the usaf
Smile smile Many jobs are just fine for people. Sometimes not , though
Actually Ballistol is often used on food service equipment, as it is non-toxic.
This guy nails the Chevy ads in this parody, not to mention hipster millennials:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15iLHlJPp_0
“What is a “ man-bun “, or should I ask?......…”
It’s a hairstyle where the man takes a significant amount of hair and works it into a single Princess Leah bun, but on the back of his head instead of both sides. You often see this on baristas and bartenders. It’s a very west coast type of thing. (The farther you get from the west coast, the cr@pier they look.)
Well, now we can stop forcing college graduates to take these below-living-wage jobs, so they can get better jobs more suited to their abilities and career goals.
Being fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.............
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