Pasadena’s Burger-Flipping Robot Will Now Fry Chicken at Dodger Stadium
Pasadena’s Burger-Flipping Robot Will Now Fry Chicken at
Dodger Stadium
Flippy is quickly automating the fast food industry
by Farley Elliott Jul 26, 2018, 9:35am PDT
The future of fast food automation comes ever-closer to
reality today, as news is out that Flippy, the burger-loving robot worker
attracting national attention, is heading to Dodger Stadium. According to USA
Today, Flippy will start up in August, frying chicken tenders and making tater
tots.
For those unfamiliar, Flippy is an automated robot made
up primarily of a multi-functional arm that’s capable of flipping burgers at a
pretty incredible sustained rate. The Pasadena-based Miso Robotics company
built Flippy to maximize production in the fast food sector, and has been
testing out its viability in the kitchen of local burger restaurant CaliBurger.
After a few initial tweaks the robot has been flipping like mad, turning out
reportedly thousands of burgers with complete success.
Now Flippy is heading up to Dodger Stadium to try to
revolutionize the stadium dining industry. Sports and live events are
notoriously hard on even the most seasoned operators (the Dodgers use
Chicago-based concessions company Levy), as natural breaks in the show often
lead to tens of thousands of people wanting food all at once, making timing and
precision a key factor.
There’s no mention of just how long Flippy will stay at
Dodger Stadium, but regardless the new digs are certain to present a lot of
data for the viability of the robot in a high-intensity environment. Fast food
workers and advocates also argue that the robot is a first step in ultimately
creating fully automated kitchens, enhancing profits for corporations while
gutting a fast food labor force of millions.
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