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Jack in the Box began a small trial of two Miso robots, Flippy 2 and the drink-filling Sippy, at one San Diego restaurant.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“It’s still an extremely limited pilot, at one of the chain’s San Diego locations”
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.
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.
- White Castle said it would add Flippy to about 10 more of its restaurants.
- 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.