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It occurs to me that buying a robot arm to literally flip burgers is highly anthropomorphizing the solution space. You want a machine that gives you a burger at
by Robotbeat 4y ago
It occurs to me that buying a robot arm to literally flip burgers is highly anthropomorphizing the solution space. You want a machine that gives you a burger at the end. This is a pretty easy thing to automate if you had a huge, constant demand for burgers at one single location using standard factory automation strategies. Might not be feasible at all for the typical franchises with spikey demand and relatively low volume.
I say we increase the minimum wage to about $20/hour, adjusted for productivity growth (per capita GDP) since the 1960s and see what happens.
- coredog64 4y agoThere’s not actually a need to physically flip burgers at McD. They use a clamshell grill that cooks both sides at once. Besides, the fry robot has a better ROI given the profit margin on that item.
- Robotbeat 4y agoMakes sense. Stuff like the clamshell device is a more practical innovation than a clunky and slow anthropomorphic robot arm flipping a burger. We don’t fly aircraft like ornithopters, but with ducted fans and propellers.
- marcosdumay 4y agoAssembling different kinds of sandwich is the kind of problem where a robot arm may be among the best solutions. But yeah, it's bad for flipping burgers alone.