The concern that robots will take jobs is thrust back into the spotlight after a California-based burger chain has "hired" Flippy to be its latest grill cook. According to KTLA-5, which was there for ...

Miso Robotics' automated fry cook ‘Flippy’, which teamed up with White Castle as part of a pilot program last year, has been given an upgrade following feedback from employees. CHIPOTLE TESTS NEW ...

Miso Robotics' kitchen robot, Flippy, just became available to purchase for $30,000. Flippy can cook 19 items, including burgers and hash browns. Flippy works as a kitchen assistant, moving along a ...

This will strike some as excessively contrarian but this is in fact true. A company called Miso Robotics (an offshoot of the CaliBurger chain apparently) has developed a robotic burger flipper. And ...

Before the pandemic started (ah, those glorious days…) a collective panic was mounting over automation and robots gradually replacing workers in various fields, or “stealing our jobs,” as the common ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover quick-service, fast casual, casual and pizza restaurants. Jul 14, 2020, 05:00am EDT Jul 14, 2020, 06:25pm EDT This article ...

The restaurant industry has never been for the faint of heart, what with the razor-thin profit margins and continuous churn of employees. Combine that with the economic devastation wrought by the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. You ...

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. The slider ...

Let’s start with a story that could have been ripped straight out of an episode of Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley. It’s November 2016 and we’re in a small converted garage office in Pasadena. It’s every ...

Following its recent pilot in select White Castles, Miso Robotics today announced a new version of its hamburger-cooking robotic arm, Flippy. The new version of the robot, simply named Flippy 2, is ...