ServiceFast-food frying robot
Flippy Fry Station
Flippy is a robot arm that works the deep-fryer in fast-food kitchens: it drops baskets of fries and other food into the oil and takes them out when done. Miso Robotics website, Oct 2026
- Evidence
- Independently reported
- Human help
- Not disclosed
- Last milestone
- 25 June 2026
01Can I get it?
Yes, in places
- Where it works today
- Working in some White Castle kitchens and, since 2026, an NBA arena; Miso does not give a total count. Miso Robotics website, Oct 2026
- Published price
- About $30,000 upfront for a typical installation (2020 figure) as of 14 July 2020 TechCrunch, 14 July 2020
- Human help
- The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
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.
Paying customers · sets the stage
Miso Robotics news, 21 Apr 2026Company-reported
Paying customers · sets the stage
03Safety 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.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 4
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
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Flippy in Action | AI-Powered Robotic Fry Station Demo | Miso Robotics
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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 it had installed a Flippy Fry Station at an NBA arena, working games, concerts and events. It did not name the arena (21 April 2026); White Castle said it would put Flippy into about 10 more of its restaurants. Deal terms were not disclosed (27 Oct 2020).
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Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
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Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
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 robots in service found. Whether CaliBurger reached 50 restaurants was not confirmed.
Sources
- 01Miso Robotics website, Oct 2026
- 02TechCrunch, 14 July 2020
- 03Miso Robotics news (citing NRN), 25 June 2026
- 04Miso Robotics news, 22 Apr 2026
- 05Miso Robotics news, 21 Apr 2026
- 06TechCrunch, 26 Apr 2022
- 07TechCrunch, 27 Oct 2020
- 08TechCrunch, 7 Mar 2017
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “Flippy Fry Station (Miso Robotics): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/miso-flippy. Checked 19 October 2026.
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