How robots are helping address the fast-food labor shortage
Publishing timestamp: 2023-01-20 08:00:01
Summary
Fast-food restaurant chains are adding robots to their kitchens to help with tasks and reduce labor costs. Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 has been deployed to Chipotle, White Castle and Wing Zone, and White Castle plans to add 100 Flippy robots to its restaurants. Automation could save U.S. fast-food restaurants more than $12 billion in annual wages. CNBC got a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant robot maker Miso Robotics to learn more about the impact of robots on the fast-food industry and its workers.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/20/how-fast-food-robots-are-helping-address-the-labor-shortage.html