Flippy the burger flipping robot is on a break, already

Flippy, a robot hamburger flipper, has been installed by a California burger chain as the answer to employees who can't stand the heat in the kitchen. LOS ANGELES -- Flippy, the burger-flipping robot that threatens to supplant short-order cooks, is on its first extended break. After word got out about a human-replacing robot that could process as many as 2,000 burgers a day, demand from the public far exceeded expectations by the robot's creator, Miso Robotics. Expecting a huge weekend of gawkers, Miso shut it down, and a spokesman says it won't be operational until Monday. Miso is taking the data collected from the initial orders, "and testing it with staff to make sure the location can fulfill a large number of orders," says Miso spokeswoman Stephanie Cirigliano.