Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd
The kitchen assistant, known as 'Flippy', was designed by a startup called Miso Robotics which specializes in "technology that assists and empowers chefs to make food consistently and perfectly, at prices everyone can afford."
[...] Flippy uses feedback-loops that reinforce its good behavior so it gets better with each flip of the burger. Unlike an assembly line robot that needs to have everything positioned in an exact ordered pattern, Flippy's machine learning algorithms allow it to pick uncooked burgers from a stack or flip those already on the grill. Hardware like cameras helps Flippy see and navigate its surroundings while sensors inform the robot when a burger is ready or still raw. Meanwhile, an integrated system that sends orders from the counter back to the kitchen informs Flippy just how many raw burgers it should be prepping.
Source: http://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/burger-robot-flipping-meat-0432432/
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:27PM (1 child)
What happened between then and now that explains this difference? Are we going through a bad batch of people? It strikes me that poor quality employees is in part a significant consequence of society's efforts to keep people out of the work force. For example, I see some people who've manage to go through college without holding down a job. They're not going to be ready for the real world when they haven't had a job before.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Friday September 15 2017, @12:38AM
Pay peanuts, get monkeys.