WEBVTT - Flippy the Burger Flipping Robot

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<v Speaker 1>A burger flipping robot. I'm Rich Dimiro. This is Rich

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<v Speaker 1>on Tech Daily. Recently I went to Cali Berger in Pasadena,

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<v Speaker 1>California to check out a brand new burger flipping robot

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<v Speaker 1>named Flippy. We got to see this thing in action,

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<v Speaker 1>and let me tell you, this could be the future

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<v Speaker 1>for fast food restaurants. So today is the first day

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<v Speaker 1>for Flippy on the job, but we were there for

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<v Speaker 1>a preview event where it grilled up some hamburgers for us.

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<v Speaker 1>So how does it work? All Right, So a coworker

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<v Speaker 1>puts the raw patties on the grill and then the

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<v Speaker 1>robot goes to work, so it senses when these things

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<v Speaker 1>need to be flipped and when they need to be

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<v Speaker 1>taken off the grill. The company says it can use

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<v Speaker 1>thermal imaging, three D and camera vision to do all

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff, and of course there's a little dose of

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<v Speaker 1>artificial intelligence thrown in. So the more that this robot

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<v Speaker 1>cooks burger's, the more it learns how to do that better.

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<v Speaker 1>The robot was created by a company called Miso Robotics,

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<v Speaker 1>also out of Pasadena. It's actually a obsidiary of the

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<v Speaker 1>same company, Cali Group that owns Cali Berger, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you know anything about Cali Burger, I think it seems

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<v Speaker 1>a little similar to another place called in and Out Burger.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently a lot of other people think the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in Hong Kong. I saw one of these

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<v Speaker 1>Cali Burger locations and it looks a lot like in

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<v Speaker 1>an out Burger. But anyway, you can do some searching

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<v Speaker 1>on Google and apparently other people think the same. But

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<v Speaker 1>I digress. So we did watch this flippy make the burgers.

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<v Speaker 1>It took them off the grill. It wasn't perfect and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not super fast. But again, this is the first

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<v Speaker 1>iteration of this thing. It's gonna get better as time

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<v Speaker 1>goes on. It takes a lot of programming to do this.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, we saw it mess up just a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>The first batch of burgers had to be thrown out

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<v Speaker 1>for some reason. They didn't really tell us why. But

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<v Speaker 1>the second batch did come out okay. In fact, we

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<v Speaker 1>ate them. Mine was delicious. I mean the thing basically

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<v Speaker 1>flips the burger, then it takes it off the grill,

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<v Speaker 1>puts it on a tray for a human to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of finish with all the toppings and the bun and everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Tasted fresh. The burger tasted good. It was cooked well

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<v Speaker 1>and or I should say not well done. It was

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<v Speaker 1>just cooked very good. So it tasted really nice. So

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<v Speaker 1>why is Cali Berger doing this Well, they want to

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<v Speaker 1>cut down on training costs. They say that that grill

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<v Speaker 1>cook job is not very desirable. People start it and

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<v Speaker 1>then they realize, I don't really like this job, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they want to move on to something else. And

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<v Speaker 1>this will cut down on training costs because if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a robot doing this day in day out, they

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to think about another human doing it every

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<v Speaker 1>single day, or a new human every single day. But

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<v Speaker 1>these robots are not cheap. They cost sixty thousand dollars minimum.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the first one. So if you want

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<v Speaker 1>to see this thing in action, you can check it

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<v Speaker 1>out at the Cali Burger in Pasadena. It is sort

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<v Speaker 1>of in the front of the house. They don't have

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<v Speaker 1>it hidden in the back of the kitchen because people

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<v Speaker 1>want to see this thing. It's kind of neat to

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<v Speaker 1>see Flippy in action. But they say they are going

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<v Speaker 1>to expand it into other restaurants. They do have a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of them worldwide. This Cali Burger chain has restaurants

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<v Speaker 1>all over the world. I don't think the human workers

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<v Speaker 1>are going away anytime soon, but like the company said,

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<v Speaker 1>they're definitely a nice addition to the human workers, so

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<v Speaker 1>basically think of them as co workers miso robotics that

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of that third hand in the kitchen. So

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<v Speaker 1>there you have it. Flippy now cooking at the Caliberger

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<v Speaker 1>in Pasadena, California. If you want to see a video

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<v Speaker 1>on it, just go to my Facebook page Facebook dot

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<v Speaker 1>com slash rich on tech. You can watch Flippy in

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<v Speaker 1>action from start to finish. And if you enjoy this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>That's how Apple shows it to more people, so we

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<v Speaker 1>can get this discovered by a lot more folks. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>so much for listening. I'm rich damiro rich on tech

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<v Speaker 1>I'll talk to you next time.