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White Castle said it would add Flippy to about 10 more of its restaurants.
A dated step forward on the record · Sets Restaurant kitchen robots's stage
What the source says
“roughly 10 new White Castle locations will be rolling out the Pasadena, California-based company’s robotic fry cook.”
What it means
Restaurant kitchen robots, from Miso Robotics, and others, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Restaurant kitchen robots
- Miso said its Flippy fry station had cooked more than 5 million baskets of food in real restaurants.
- Miso said Flippy was working at a large NBA arena during games, concerts and events. It did not name the arena.
- Jack in the Box began a small trial of two Miso robots, Flippy 2 and the drink-filling Sippy, at one San Diego restaurant.
- Fast-food chain White Castle began a trial of Flippy.
- Flippy started work at a CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena, California, cooking alongside the human staff at lunchtime.