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Miso bought the technology and patents of Zume, the failed pizza-robot company. Terms were not disclosed.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“has acquired Zume’s technology and intellectual property, including its hardware, software, and hundreds of patents.”
What it means
Flippy Fry Station, from Miso Robotics, 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. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Flippy Fry Station
- Miso said Flippy had cooked more than 5 million baskets of food in real restaurants.
- Miso said it had installed a Flippy Fry Station at an NBA arena, working games, concerts and events. It did not name the arena.
- Jack in the Box began a small trial of Miso's Flippy 2 robot at one of its San Diego restaurants.
- White Castle said it would put Flippy into about 10 more of its restaurants. Deal terms were not disclosed.
- White Castle became the first fast-food chain to test Flippy, at one restaurant in the Chicago area, as a trial for possibly using it in more kitchens.
- Miso showed Flippy, then a burger-grilling robot, with burger chain CaliBurger, which tested it in a Pasadena restaurant and said it would use it in at least 50 restaurants over two years.