Maker's videoMiso Robotics · 14 May 2026
First Mover in the Second Wave: How Miso Robotics' Flippy Survived and Won
Against the record
Flippy Fry Station, from Miso Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Delivered and paid for, beyond pilots. The latest milestone on its record is from 25 June 2026: Miso bought the technology and patents of Zume, the failed pizza-robot company. Terms were not disclosed.
This video comes from the maker's own channel, and makers show their robots at their best. The stage above comes from dated public records, not from the video.
From the video's description
In this episode of The Winners' Circle, Russ Fordyce sits down with Rich Hull, CEO of Miso Robotics and 2026 AI Excellence Award winner, to unpack how Flippy became the survivor of restaurant robotics' first wave. Rich explains why the third generation of Flippy is the inflection point, how Miso went from a kitchen worker job listing with zero applications to 200 in 24 hours by adding the word "robot," and why the next chapter is about reliability and ROI, not novelty. They also dig into the NVIDIA partnership, predictive cooking, the Zippy employee revenue engine, and what every founder should hear about perseverance. Guest Rich Hull | CEO, Miso Robotics…
Written by Miso Robotics on YouTube.
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