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Burger-Flipping Robot Will Grill Meat in 50 Fast Food Restaurants

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 14 2017, @02:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-hours-@-$15 dept.

MrPlow writes:

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.

Flippy in action!

Source: http://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/burger-robot-flipping-meat-0432432/

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  • (Score: 2) by BananaPhone on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:02PM (3 children)

    by BananaPhone (2488) on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:02PM (#567827)

    Won't somebody save Flippy's eyesight?

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:07PM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:07PM (#567831)

    I'm sure they'll have to invent some kind of degreaser-bot, or install some kind of grease windshield wiper blades in front of the lens, that will keep Flippy's camera lenses operating at peek flipping capacity.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday September 14 2017, @04:34PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 14 2017, @04:34PM (#567901) Journal

      Please, no degreaser-bot. That would put the human out of work who's job it is to clean the burger flipping robot's eyes.

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    • (Score: 4, Funny) by fishybell on Thursday September 14 2017, @04:41PM

      by fishybell (3156) on Thursday September 14 2017, @04:41PM (#567910)

      Fortunately, when the degreaser-bot has grease in its eyes, you only need one extra degreaser-bot to clean its brother, and vice-versa. If you had to have a secondary specialized degreaser-bot-degreaser-bot, then we would have a real problem on our hands.

      It's only degreaser-bots all the way down.