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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: 1) by khallow on Friday September 15 2017, @09:46PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday September 15 2017, @09:46PM (#568717) Journal

    Except when they didn't. As best as I can tell, you're simply pretending that unemployed people don't exist.

    Given that we're pretty close to the all-time high for employment participation, which I've already noted before in this thread, indicates that unemployment is irrelevant. People are finding work.

    In the worst case, just find a bunch of people in the same situation and set up your own economy.

    Except when they lack starting capital or customers to get things started.

    Thus, the reason for finding a bunch of people in the same situation. Pool resources for the starting capital and they are the customers as well.

    The point I was making is that the reason people do that kind of job is that the alternative is starving to death. Now, how "willing" are you when your options are "do this job" or "starve to death"? Just because there's no gun pointed at your head doesn't mean you weren't coerced.

    Yes, I get that your fantasy was about that. Well, if it is better than starving to death, then it is better.

    What exactly do you think the unemployment rates are in the "developing" parts of the world? I'm guessing they bear absolutely zero relation to estimates by the CIA, World Bank, or IMF.

    Looks pretty good from the links you gave. Under 6% globally. China was 4% and India was 5%.