"Flippy is an autonomous robotic kitchen assistant" - Walmart automates the short-order cook
by kleinbl00
- In practice, a Walmart associate would place a frozen product on the rack. Using visual recognition technology, Flippy identifies the food in the basket and sets it in the cooking oil. The machine then “agitates” the basket by shaking it to make sure the product cooks evenly. When the food is finished cooking, Flippy moves the basket to the drip rack. An associate then tests the food’s internal temperature. A few minutes later, the associate can season the food before it hits the hot display case.
Miso Robotic’s vision behind Flippy was to put “eyes and a brain” on an industrial robotic arm that could be found in a manufacturing facility and apply that to a commercial kitchen.
