Posted 4/15/2024, 11:03:00 AM
Robots Replace Humans at New LA Burger Joint, But $15 Machine-Made Burgers Still Can't Beat $1 McDonald's
- Visited CaliExpress, a "fully autonomous" burger restaurant in LA using AI robots like "BurgerChef" and "Flippy" to replace human workers
- Restaurant claims using robots cuts labor costs, but still needs some humans to assemble burgers and push buttons
- Watched scary/disturbing Flippy robot arm cook fries and shake baskets using computer vision and AI "scheduling" abilities
- Robots made mediocre $15 burger and decent fries; few customers actually ordered
- Went to McDonald's after for $1 burger made by humans in 1 min 26 secs; enjoyed it more than CaliExpress