Wow, really wanted a picture in this article. Will have to read it later to learn what it looks like.
There's a picture in the social share. Check out @spycefoodco on Facebook or Twitter to see!
Spyce Kitchen, a robotic chef built by four recent M.I.T. grads
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#32How on earth is there not a photo to go with this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8D-CnDMiE
That's an old video. Our new robotic kitchen has been completely redesigned and reengineered since then. There's a photo in the social share...check out @spycefoodco on Facebook or Twitter to see the image.
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#34Nice to see them getting coverage, we were at the same startup incubator (Greentown) before we both moved on to larger offices. I can attest that the food this machine makes is, in fact, tasty.
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#35I've been predicting robotic fast food for a decade now. And it's here! By cooking with no human hand ever coming into contact with the ingredients or utensils, clearly a health benefit is accrued. And by steam-cleaning the cooker periodically, quality is improved. I'd envisioned a somewhat different robot. I thought the ingredients could be tube-delivered like caulking guns, on a rotating 'tool carousel' so you coul…
> no human hand... clearly a health benefit That is a non sequitur. The most dangerous illness associated with fast food (poor nutrition aside) such as E. coli[1] and Hep A[2] are most readily attributed to ingredient suppliers, not improper food handling. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2015/o26-11-15/index.html [2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm
That doesn't mean that labour aren't a more frequent source of food-borne illnesses, just not the most serious cases. I'm not likely to die from someone sneezing in my food, but I don't want to catch what they have nonetheless.
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#36Wow, really wanted a picture in this article. Will have to read it later to learn what it looks like.
Better yet if you can spare the time, a 90s video: https://youtu.be/3kx2d27AqKg
An photo of the updated device in background that appears it should have run in the New Yorker article: https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ac80c69ae933e116601abbf/...
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#37People seem to forget that nearly all frozen meals and frozen pizzas are all robotic made by the many millions per day. Just by very expensive, large and high speed robots. The innovation is now trying to make robots that are more flexible, smaller and low volume food production while not being super expensive.
I'm also aware of robots being used in fast food pizza preparation. In some markets the robots are what keep the franchisees profitable.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you think labor is what keeps fast food prices high, you are mistaken. Most of the largest chains have pretty much automated nearly everything by now that's possible given reliability and safety standards. If you look in the kitchen of any McDonald's nobody is cooking or preparing the components. They're either pre-cut, loaded into dispensers, being cooked in a self-timing temperature-controlled fryer, or being co…
In other words, humans are just disposable, self-healing robots that require minimal maintenance. And when they can no longer do the job, Right-to-Work laws summarily get rid of them.
Well, yes. That's called the service industry.
In their defense they also are quickly reconfigurable with visual and audible reprogramming options. I don't think you can get that Spyce robot to leave the kitchen and mop the floor when someone drops a drink. You also can't call in more robots when a bus full of high school kids shows up out of the blue.
Disposable, self-healing robots also do other things like assemble your iPhones and laptops but they're an ocean away so out of sight out of mind, right?
In some parts of the world service workers belong to unions that stand up for fair wages and working conditions. Where you live might not see that as viable or perhaps it conflicts with local religious or political views, so your conditions may vary.
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#39People seem to forget that nearly all frozen meals and frozen pizzas are all robotic made by the many millions per day. Just by very expensive, large and high speed robots. The innovation is now trying to make robots that are more flexible, smaller and low volume food production while not being super expensive.
Applebees could be all cooked by Robots also since all their food is microwaved frozen food. (I tell friends if you can't smell (edit) cooking outside the restaurant they are just a microwave kitchen.)
Fast food could also be run by robots fairly easily. I am imagining in 15 years most places will have robots doing the majority of cooking in restaurants. They won't spread disease, make food consistently, won't call out sick nor require an hourly wage.
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#40I've been predicting robotic fast food for a decade now. And it's here! By cooking with no human hand ever coming into contact with the ingredients or utensils, clearly a health benefit is accrued. And by steam-cleaning the cooker periodically, quality is improved. I'd envisioned a somewhat different robot. I thought the ingredients could be tube-delivered like caulking guns, on a rotating 'tool carousel' so you coul…
All this does is dump the ingredients in a pot and mix them by spinning the pot. It's a hell of a long way off from making such advanced recipes as sandwiches or burritos. And at $7.50 it's rather expensive by fast food standards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8D-CnDMiE
I am personally very interested in developing a robot that is able to wield a knife and slice food, particularly healthy vegetables.
Here's a compilation video of various food robots from July 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRngacYpi7E