WarehouseRestaurant cooking robots

Restaurant kitchen robots

Name: Restaurant kitchen robots
Brand: Miso Robotics, and others

by Miso Robotics, and others

Kitchen robots take over hot, repetitive jobs in fast-food kitchens. The best-known, Miso Robotics' Flippy, is a robot that runs the fryer. Miso Robotics website

Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Independently reported
Human help: None reported
Last milestone: 22 April 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: A small number of fast-food restaurants and venues in the US, including White Castle locations and a large NBA arena. TechCrunch, 27 Oct 2020
Published price: $60,000 entry-level price (2018) as of 5 March 2018 TechCrunch, 5 Mar 2018
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

22 April 2026
Update
Miso said its Flippy fry station had cooked more than 5 million baskets of food in real restaurants.
Miso Robotics news, 22 Apr 2026Company-reported
21 April 2026
Paying customers · sets the stage
Miso said Flippy was working at a large NBA arena during games, concerts and events. It did not name the arena.
Miso Robotics news, 21 Apr 2026Company-reported
26 April 2022
Pilot
Jack in the Box began a small trial of two Miso robots, Flippy 2 and the drink-filling Sippy, at one San Diego restaurant.
TechCrunch, 26 Apr 2022
27 Oct 2020
Paying customers · sets the stage
White Castle said it would add Flippy to about 10 more of its restaurants.
TechCrunch, 27 Oct 2020
July 2020
Pilot
Fast-food chain White Castle began a trial of Flippy.
TechCrunch, 27 Oct 2020
5 March 2018
Pilot
Flippy started work at a CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena, California, cooking alongside the human staff at lunchtime.
TechCrunch, 5 Mar 2018

03Promised vs delivered

What the maker said, and when

Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.

Said5 March 2018
Flippy in 50 CaliBurger restaurants
CaliBurger planned to bring Flippy to 50 of its restaurants around the world. TechCrunch, 5 Mar 2018
Still pending
No later count of CaliBurger locations with Flippy was found.

04Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

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Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
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Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Miso said Flippy was working at a large NBA arena during games, concerts and events. It did not name the arena (21 April 2026); White Castle said it would add Flippy to about 10 more of its restaurants (27 Oct 2020).
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Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
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Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. No total count of Flippy units or restaurants was found in any source. Other kitchen-robot makers were not checked in this pass. Miso also bought Zume Pizza's technology and the Zignyl app in 2026 (company news only).

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Restaurant kitchen robots (Miso Robotics, and others): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/kitchen-robots. Checked 19 October 2026.