Warehouse
Flippy started work at a CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena, California, cooking alongside the human staff at lunchtime.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“joining the the human crew at the fast casual restaurant’s Pasadena location during the lunch shift.”
What it means
Restaurant kitchen robots, from Miso Robotics, and others, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
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