Al Williams wrote up a neat thought piece on why we are so fascinated with robots that come in the shape of people, rather than robots that come in the shape of whatever it is that they're supposed to be doing. Al is partly convinced that sci-fi is partly responsible, and that it shapes people's expectations of what robots look like. What sparked the whole thought train was the ROAR (robot-on-a-rail) style robot arms that have been popping up, at least in the press, as robot fry cooks. As the name suggests, it's a robot arm on a rail that moves back and forth across a frying surface and uses CV algorithms to sense and flip burgers. Al asks why they didn't just design the flipper into the stovetop, like you would expect with any other assembly line.

'Flippy' the one-armed robot chef has got its job back at a grill station just months after being'fired' for being unable to work with humans. The one-armed robot chef has been re-tooled and is now flipping 300 burgers a day, seven days a week at Caliburger in Pasadena, California, its developers say. It ran into problems in March after being unable to work in sync with its human colleagues and continuously placing cooked burgers on the wrong trays. The artificial intelligence-driven robot is said to'cook the perfect burger, every time.' Called Flippy, the machine is fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm, which it uses to flip burgers.

It looks like robots won't be cooking our hamburgers anytime soon. Flippy the burger-flipping robot has been fired from a CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena after just one day on the job. The robot attracted so much national interest that the CaliBurger was forced to take Flippy offline, as it was too slow to keep up with the crowds. Now, a sign at the restaurant reads that Flippy will be'cooking soon' and that his return date is'TBA,' according to USA Today. The artificial intelligence-driven robot is said to'cook the perfect burger, every time.' Called Flippy, the machine is fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm, which it uses to flip burgers.

After several months of testing, the burger-flipping robot Flippy has been given a full-time job at a CaliBurger restaurant in Pasadena. The California chain began testing the machine, which is fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm equipped with a spatula, earlier this year. Starting today, the artificial intelligence-driven robot that can'cook the perfect burger every time' has joined his human co-workers during the lunch shift. Flippy uses its arm to flip burgers and place them on buns and could spell the beginning of the end for fast food chefs. Flippy, the artificial intelligence-equipped robot that can'cook the perfect burger every time,' has been hired full time at a CaliBurger in Pasadena.

Flippy, the artificial intelligence-driven robot that can'cook the perfect burger every time,' has now replaced human workers in a CaliBurger restaurant in Pasedena. The California chain began testing the machine, which is fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm equipped with a spatula, earlier this year. Flippy uses its arm to flip burgers and place them on buns and could spell the beginning of the end for fast food chefs. Flippy, the artificial intelligence-driven robot that can'cook the perfect burger every time,' has now replaced human workers at a CaliBurger in Pasedena. Flippy is an artificial intelligence-driven robot that can flip burgers on a grill and then place them on a bung once they are done cooking.

It is a scenario that brings us one step closer to a robot-run world. Flippy, the artificial intelligence-driven robot that can'cook the perfect burger every time,' will replace human workers in 50 CaliBurger restaurant locations in 2018. The California-based restaurant chain began testing the machine - fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm it uses to flip burgers and place them on buns - earlier this year. An artificial intelligence-driven robot is said to'cook the perfect burger, every time.' Flippy is an artificial intelligence-driven robot that can flip burgers on a grill and then place them on a bung once they are done cooking. It is designed with a 6-axis robotic arm and cameras and sensors to see its environment.

It is a scenario that brings us one step closer to a robot run world. An artificial intelligence-driven robot has completed its first day flipping burgers at a California-based restaurant chain - and its makers claims it can'cook the perfect burger, every time'. Called Flippy, the machine is fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm, which it uses to flip burgers and place them on buns. An artificial intelligence-driven robot has completed its first day flipping burgers at a California-based restaurant chain that is said to'cook the perfect burger, every time'. Flippy is an artificial intelligence-driven robot that can flip burgers on a grill and then place them on a bung once they are done cooking.