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The CaliExpress restaurant in Pasadena, California, USA, became the first fast food restaurant in the world to use robots powered by AI (Artificial Intelligence). Photo/Miso Robotics
CALIFORNIA – The CaliExpress restaurant in Pasadena, California, USA, became the first fast food restaurant in the world to use robots powered by AI (Artificial Intelligence). This restaurant is managed exclusively by a robot chef named Flippy who serves burgers and fries.
The Flippy robot, made by Miso Robotics, which is under the parent company Cali Group, can make fried chicken nuggets and French fries. This robot works together with BurgerBot to bake bread and a biometric payment system, PopID, to take customer orders.
The makers of Flippy say the new eatery will be the first restaurant in the world where ordering and every cooking process is completely automated. “The new CaliExpress will inspire the next generation to become entrepreneurs operating AI and kitchen automation,” said Miso Robotics, quoted by SINDOnews from the Daily Mail page, Wednesday (26/12/2023).
The Flippy robot got its first job in the fast food industry in 2017 serving at 50 CaliBurger restaurants. However, in CaliExpress the new Flippy robot is the first with a mechanical arm mounted on a rail to handle more jobs.
Miso Robotics expects to open a CaliExpress restaurant operated by the Flippy robot this month. However, a spokesperson told financial media that the restaurant’s Pasadena location is on track to open in 2024.
“Miso is proud to partner with Cali Group and PopID to make CaliExpress by Flippy a reality. Flippy has been an incredible success story, and now everyone in Southern California can come to see and experience it for themselves,” said Miso Robotics CEO Rich Hull.
Fast food restaurants such as Wendy’s, IHOP, Chipotle, and Sweetgreen are busy integrating AI into operating systems. It is feared that this condition will cause human and economic losses.
Valyant AI founder Rob Carpenter told Fox News that millions of jobs will likely be lost in the next five to 10 years to robots and computer systems. “This is definitely a watershed moment,” Carpenter said.
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