--- title: "Buffalo Wild Wings Is Allowing Robots to Take Over the Deep Fryer" description: "Miso Robotics is moving on to the next step of its world robotics domination plan with the Flippy Wings, dubbed \"Wingy,\" which can deep fry wings." date: "2021-10-26" modified: "2021-10-26" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/buffalo-wild-wings-ai-robots-deep-fryer" categories: - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "flippy" - "the digest" --- # Buffalo Wild Wings Is Allowing Robots to Take Over the Deep Fryer ![Miso Robotics is moving on to the next step of its world robotics domination plan with the Flippy Wings, dubbed "Wingy," which can deep fry wings.]() *\Image: Miso Robotics\* ## AI Fryer Artificial intelligence-enhanced robots have already overtaken the burger flippers of America — and they're coming for the deep fryers at Buffalo Wild Wings next. Miso Robotics launched its burger-cooking robot arm Flippy back in 2018, as an easy way for restaurants to cut labor costs. Even [Walmart tested Flippy]() in its many kitchens. Then in 2020, White Castle [hired its own fleet]() of Flippys. Now, the company is moving on to the next step of its world robotics domination plan with a new robot called [Flippy Wings](), or "Wingy." As its name suggests, the robot is designed to use AI vision to identify pieces of food like chicken wings and then drop them into a deep fryer — yet another instance, it needs to be said, of robots coming for our jobs. ## Wingy Commander Miso Robotics claims Wingy will actually make restaurants safer by removing the possibility of having human restaurant workers burn themselves. "Team members are able to cook more while spending far less time attending to the deep fryer," reads a [press release](). "Flippy Wings fries fresh, frozen or hand-breaded products like a pro, avoiding cross contamination and increasing throughput while reducing costs," CEO Mike Bell offered enthusiastically in the statement. Despite its quirky name, Miso Robotics is placing a considerable amount of trust in the kitchen helper. Hopefully we will never see the day when Wingy decides to turn on its human masters and start launching scalding oil in the faces of its enemies — though it, and tech like it, could well cut into food service jobs. **READ MORE:** [The robots have infiltrated Buffalo Wild Wings]() \[*The Takeout*\] **More on AI robotics:** *[Former Google Exec Warns That AI Researchers Are "Creating God"]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()