We absolutely can automate cooking a fucking hamburger, and as soon as it's cheaper than the cheapest labour
It's time to link to the AMFare video again.[1]
This was done 50 years ago, but wasn't cost-effective.
Country Garden in Beijing has several automated restaurants. They have 6 restaurants on this system now, one of which seats 600 people. So at scale, this is starting to work. Maybe. Looking at the videos, it looks hard to clean. Commercial food processing equipment has a look of "can be blasted with boiling soapy water daily", and not seeing that here.[2]
It's time to link to the AMFare video again.[1]
This was done 50 years ago, but wasn't cost-effective.
Country Garden in Beijing has several automated restaurants. They have 6 restaurants on this system now, one of which seats 600 people. So at scale, this is starting to work. Maybe. Looking at the videos, it looks hard to clean. Commercial food processing equipment has a look of "can be blasted with boiling soapy water daily", and not seeing that here.[2]
[1] https://youtu.be/FmXLqImT1wE
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1GipbISX54