Mr ROBOTO: You want fries with that burger and drink?

[DrQ]

Meet Flippy, Sippy and Chippy: These robots can cook fries, pour drinks and make tortilla chips at fast food restaurants amid US labor crunch

• Flippy, Sippy and Chippy have been built by Miso Robotics to handle a range of repetitive tasks at fast food restaurants
• Amid a nationwide labor shortage, the robotics company is working with Wing Zone, Jack in the Box, Chipotle and White Castle
• Restaurants that want Flippy 2 have to pay $3,000 per month to rent the kitchen bot and that's in addition to the installation cost
• 'This is an enhancement, not a replacement,' Jack’s VP of operations services said. 'Our fry person is getting promoted and Flippy is their assistant'

Meet Flippy, Sippy and Chippy, the robots coming to fast food spots

Whether it's creating perfectly cooked fries and burgers or pouring soda without any spills, robot chefs are venturing further into the $296 billion U.S. fast food industry amid a nationwide labor shortage.

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[ScoopKona]

• 'This is an enhancement, not a replacement,' Jack’s VP of operations services said. 'Our fry person is getting promoted and Flippy is their assistant'

Execs are so cute when they're lying through their teeth.

 

[DrQ]

Execs are so cute when they're lying through their teeth.

The turnover rate will cover them.

 

[ScoopKona]

The turnover rate will cover them.

In the not-so-distant future, probably in my lifetime, just having a job will be like having a really good job today. And having an interesting, fulfilling job will be like being a sports hero/rock star today.

The question becomes, "what happens to all the people made redundant by automation?"

It's a question we partially answered before -- so I don't have much confidence in society getting it right this time around.

 

[DrQ]

The question becomes, "what happens to all the people made redundant by automation?"

Go to school and learn how to install, fix and maintain robots. Learn car/truck repair.

 

[ScoopKona]

Go to school and learn how to install, fix and maintain robots. Learn car/truck repair.

I'll wager $1 most of them pull the "I'm a truck driver. My daddy was a truck driver. And his daddy's daddy was a truck driver" routine.

Retail is on the way out. Fast food is becoming automated. There are already self-driving trucks. And that looks to explode in the very near future. Computers can fly planes better than pilots. There are diagnostic computers which are more accurate than physicians. Electric cars don't need nearly as much maintenance. It's easier to buy a house online than it is with a realtor. And there are even automated breweries now. There are very, very few jobs which are safe.

I think we're going to have a permanent underclass which simply doesn't have skills anyone wants. Such people could always dig ditches before. But even that is now automated.

 

[MrockStar]

In the not-so-distant future, probably in my lifetime, just having a job will be like having a really good job today. And having an interesting, fulfilling job will be like being a sports hero/rock star today.

The question becomes, "what happens to all the people made redundant by automation?"

It's a question we partially answered before -- so I don't have much confidence in society getting it right this time around.

Some of use will be installing, troubleshooting and repairing the robots. Like I am now.

 

[isisdave]

• 'This is an enhancement, not a replacement,' Jack’s VP of operations services, a former timeshare salesman, said.

 

[pedro47]

In the long run, it is going to cost more to employ robots in some industries.

 

[Brett]

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords