{"id":45305,"date":"2020-07-14T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2652790"},"modified":"2020-07-14T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:40:00","slug":"white-castle-is-replacing-cooks-with-robots-in-some-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/14\/white-castle-is-replacing-cooks-with-robots-in-some-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"White Castle is replacing cooks with robots in some restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<header id=\"content-header\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<section class=\"title-group\">\n<h2>Are robots better cooks than&nbsp;humans?<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"col-2-3\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"intro-image\" src=\"https:\/\/static.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2020\/07\/2020-07-14-image-7.jpg\" width=\"724\" height=\"480\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapperMobileOnly\">\n<div class=\"articleBody\">\n<h5><strong>Editor&#8217;s take:<\/strong>&nbsp;While automating the cooking process would remove the human element from the equation, which some may frown upon, it would introduce some much-needed consistency. It can be irritating when the same menu item is prepared in a completely different manner between locations simply based on how the person behind the grill believes it should be cooked or presented. Having a robot cook manning the spatula would ensure it is cooked the same way each and every time.<\/h5>\n<p>American hamburger chain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitecastle.com\/\">White Castle<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/white-castle-selects-miso-robotics-for-a-new-era-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-fast-food-industry-301092746.html\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;a partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/misorobotics.com\/\">Miso Robotics<\/a>&nbsp;to pilot its autonomous kitchen assistant in select restaurants later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has forced virtually every sector to reexamine how they conduct business and the restaurant industry is no exception. Flippy, the robot-on-a-rail (ROAR) system introduced by Miso&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/miso-robotics-reimagines-kitchen-automation-with-robotic-kitchen-assistant-on-a-rail-300994097.html\">earlier this year<\/a>, will reduce human contact with food, thus adding an additional layer of safety during the cooking process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2020\/07\/2020-07-14-image-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"443\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The robotic kitchen helper is also expected to improve efficiency and reduce labor needs in the kitchen, allowing White Castle to redeploy team members or reduce the number of employees needed to staff a location.<\/p>\n<p>White Castle will deploy Flippy in select restaurants this fall where management will gauge various metrics including production, quality, taste and POS integration. Assuming there aren&rsquo;t any major hiccups, White Castle will look to bring the robotic kitchen assistant to additional locations at a later date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?format=go&#038;jsonp=vglnk_159474745847611&#038;key=552a35ca1eb1421626a0f973ac2a90af&#038;libId=kcm6x0zp01001u52000DA7d7orbdm&#038;loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techspot.com%2Fnews%2F85987-white-castle-pilot-flippy-kitchen-robot-fall-reduce.html&#038;v=1&#038;out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitecastle.com%2F&#038;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.feedspot.com%2Finfiniterss.php%3F_src%3Dfeed_title%26followfeedid%3D4731608%26q%3Dsite%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.techspot.com%252Fbackend.xml&#038;title=White%20Castle%20is%20replacing%20cooks%20with%20robots%20in%20some%20restaurants%20-%20TechSpot&#038;txt=White%20Castle\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?format=go&#038;jsonp=vglnk_159474745847611&#038;key=552a35ca1eb1421626a0f973ac2a90af&#038;libId=kcm6x0zp01001u52000DA7d7orbdm&#038;loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techspot.com%2Fnews%2F85987-white-castle-pilot-flippy-kitchen-robot-fall-reduce.html&#038;v=1&#038;out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitecastle.com%2F&#038;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.feedspot.com%2Finfiniterss.php%3F_src%3Dfeed_title%26followfeedid%3D4731608%26q%3Dsite%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.techspot.com%252Fbackend.xml&#038;title=White%20Castle%20is%20replacing%20cooks%20with%20robots%20in%20some%20restaurants%20-%20TechSpot&#038;txt=White%20Castle<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Ann<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Ann<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" alt=\"\">Are robots better cooks than&nbsp;humans? Editor&rsquo;s take:&nbsp;While automating the cooking process would remove the human element from the equation, which some may frown upon, it would introduce some much-needed consistency. It can be irritating when the same menu item is prepared in a completely different manner between locations simply based on how the person behind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/14\/white-castle-is-replacing-cooks-with-robots-in-some-restaurants\/\">Continue reading <span>White Castle is replacing cooks with robots in some restaurants<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/14\/white-castle-is-replacing-cooks-with-robots-in-some-restaurants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White Castle is replacing cooks with robots in some restaurants - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/14\/white-castle-is-replacing-cooks-with-robots-in-some-restaurants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White Castle is replacing cooks with robots in some restaurants - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are robots better cooks than&nbsp;humans? 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