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Robots Are Making French Fries Faster

Fried foods like French fries and onion rings are going high-tech1 thanks to a company in Southern California.

Miso Robotics Inc. has released its Flippy 2 robot. The robot automates5 the process of deep-frying food like potatoes and onions.

The robot uses a large robotic arm like those used in auto3 plants. It is directed by cameras and artificial intelligence. It takes frozen6 French fries and other foods out of a freezer, puts them into hot oil, and then places them ready-to-serve into a container.

Flippy 2 can cook several meals with different cooking processes at the same time. Miso says this reduces the need for employees and speeds up the time for people to get their food at drive-through windows.

Miso Chief Executive7 Mike Bell said that when an order comes in through the restaurant system, it automatically8 tells Flippy what to do.

Bell added, "It does it faster or more accurately9, more reliably and happier than most humans do it."

Miso said it took five years to develop Flippy. And it recently made the robot available for businesses to buy.

The robot's name comes from an earlier robot named Flippy. Flippy was designed to flip2 fast-food burgers. But once Miso's team finished that machine, they saw there was a greater need at the fry station, especially late at night.

Bell said people do notice Flippy 2 -- but only at first.

He said when they put a robot in a location, buyers that come up and order, "they all take pictures, they take videos, they ask a bunch of questions and the second time they come in, they seem not to even notice it."

Miso engineers can watch Flippy 2 robots working in real time on a screen. That permits them to deal with any problems that come up. Several restaurant chains have started using the robotic fry cook. Bell said they include Jack10 in the Box in San Diego, California, White Castle in the Midwest and CaliBurger on the West Coast.

Bell said three other big U.S. fast-food chains have put Flippy to work. But he said they are unsure about advertising11 it because some people may have opinions about robots taking away jobs from humans.

Bell said the jobs that humans are happiest to offload are jobs like the fry station. He added that workers are happy to have help so they can do other things.

Miso Robotics has around 90 engineers. They work on new technology or work on computer language. One of the company's next projects is Sippy. Sippy is a drink-making robot that will take an order from a buyer and prepare drinks, including preparing things like the lid and the straw.

Bell said that in the future, people will "walk into a restaurant and look at a robot and say, 'Hey, remember the old days when humans used to do that kind of thing?'

"And those days ... it's coming. ... It's just a matter of ... how quick."

Words in This Story

automate4 --– v. to run or operate (something, such as a factory or system) by using machines or computers instead of people to do the work

artificial intelligence – n. an area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence

accurate – adj. free from mistakes or errors

reliable – adj. able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed

notice – v. to become aware of (something or someone) by seeing or hearing

bunch – n. a large amount

chain – n. a group of businesses (such as stores, restaurants, or hotels) that have the same name and basic appearance and sell the same products or services


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1 high-tech high-tech     
adj.高科技的
参考例句:
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展,这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
2 flip Vjwx6     
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
参考例句:
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
3 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句:
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
4 automate oPLyy     
v.自动化;使自动化
参考例句:
  • Many banks have begun to automate.许多银行已开始采用自动化技术。
  • To automate the control process of the lathes has become very easy today.使机床的控制过程自动化现已变得很容易了。
5 automates b6d9abe8d5e1724e18a76e7be14540d7     
(使)自动化( automate的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • New: Dictionary Update Wizard automates downloading and installing additional spelling dictionaries. 新:字典更新向导自动下载并安装额外的拼写字典。
  • Automates the process text stamping multiple PDF files. 自动化的过程中的案文冲压多个PDF文件。
6 frozen 2sVz6q     
adj.冻结的,冰冻的
参考例句:
  • He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上,他被冻死了。
  • The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。
7 executive Ymlxs     
adj.执行的,行政的;n.执行者,行政官,经理
参考例句:
  • A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
  • He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。
8 automatically xPjyx     
adv.不加思索地,无意识地,自动地
参考例句:
  • The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
  • She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。
9 accurately oJHyf     
adv.准确地,精确地
参考例句:
  • It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
  • Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。
10 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
11 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

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