Robot Restaurant Run By AI Opening, World’s First Fully Autonomous Burger Joint
If you’ve ever dreamed of getting a burger and fries without the hassle of human-to-human interfacing, you may be in luck. According to recent reports, the world’s first fully autonomous AI-powered restaurant is set to open in Pasadena, California, before the end of the year.
The restaurant CaliExpress by Flippy, will operate their entire kitchen, serving, and cooking processes via advanced robotics and self-ordering kiosks.
CaliExpress By Flippy
As it turns out, the only human element necessary for CaliExpress by Flippy to operate is the consumer.
The upcoming Southern California restaurant chain will offer premium Wagyu beef burgers at their establishment, with AI fry cook capabilities cooking perfectly uniform orders every time.
The vendor is owned by Miso Robotics, which is devoted to creating and maintaining fully automatic food prep and cooking devices.
Assisting Human Workers
These devices are often utilized to assist human workers in a kitchen, like the automatic soda machines used in some McDonald’s drive-throughs.
At CaliExpress by Flippy, however, the robots will be the only operators present in the back of house, making it harder than ever to extend your compliments to the chef properly.
In addition to cooking and serving your food, robotic systems are in place to make ordering and paying a simplified digital process, leaving the restaurant completely inaccessible to those who wish to live off the grid.
Payment Systems
Payment systems at CaliExpress by Flippy are handled by PopID technology, which allows advanced biometric interfacing, allowing users to pay with their face scan or fingerprint.
While this technology sounds like something pulled straight out of a dystopian scene from the 2008 Pixar film Wall-E, it could soon be a reality for many Californians.
Personalized Screens And Customer Interface
While the technology utilized by CaliExpress by Flippy sounds daunting at first, potential customers will likely be elated to learn that you can watch the cooking process in real-time through personalized screens on the self-ordering kiosks.
This proves to make the AI-powered restaurant something of an entertainment experience in addition to a culinary novelty.
The artificial intelligence interface can also assist customers by recommending meal options that should align with their preferred taste profile, meaning the guesswork of ordering off a menu may soon become a thing of the past as well.
Seen This Before?
This concept seems shockingly akin to a 2004 episode of the Nickelodeon series Jimmy Neutron titled “Men At Work” in which the titular boy genius fully automates a local restaurant.
In the episode, Jimmy creates an ordering process which scans a customer’s tongue and scientifically deduces the exact meal the customer desires, even if they lack the knowledge or vocabulary to articulate the order themself.
When the episode aired nearly 20 years ago, the concept seemed like the absurd machinations of fiction writers, though CaliExpress by Flippy has all but made the storyline a reality.
Opening This Month
CaliExpress by Flippy is planning to open this month by reservation only, before launching a grand opening in 2024.
If you’re intrigued by cutting-edge robotics and advancements in AI programming or simply want to order a high-quality burger meal, the restaurant may be the next big thing to add to your bucket list.
Source: Miso Robotics
