--- title: "CEO Brags That Fry Cook Robot Will Replace Obsolete Human Grunts" description: "Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 robot can be a fry cook mostly on its own, and has already been picked up by a few chains across the country." date: "2022-10-04" modified: "2022-10-04" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-brags-that-fry-cook-robot-will-replace-obsolete-human-grunts" categories: - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "automation" - "job automation" - "robotics" - "the digest" --- # CEO Brags That Fry Cook Robot Will Replace Obsolete Human Grunts ![Miso Robotics Flippy 2 robot can be a fry cook mostly on its own, and has already been picked up by a few chains across the country.]() *\Image: Miso Robotics\* ## Robot Replacement If any workforce is under the looming threat of being replaced by automation, it’s the fast food industry. One of such mechanized threats takes the form of [Flippy](), a hamburger flipping robot developed by Miso Robotics. Operated by an AI and cameras, the wage slave Terminator is now back with its next evolution, Flippy 2. Where the original Flippy was limited to burgers, Flippy 2 is now a fry cook killer, deep frying delicious crispy stuff from french fries to onion rings mostly on its own. And in a new interview, the company's CEO — intentionally or not — sounded strikingly contemptuous of the human workers the bot will be replacing. "It does it faster or more accurately, more reliably and happier than most humans do it," Miso CEO Mike Bell told *Reuters* in [a new interview](). You heard the man. This docile robot will get the job done — without ever complaining about grueling hours or stagnant wages. ## Ill-Concealed Ostensibly, the robot helper is supposed to work alongside overburdened human employees rather than replacing them. According to Miso, human workers are "happy to offload" working at the fry station to the robot. Of course, that line of reasoning glosses over why those workers are overburdened in the first place, and doesn’t provide a satisfactory answer on what a robot like Flippy solves that adding another human employee doesn’t. In addition, Flippy 2 is capable of autonomously grabbing frozen ingredients out of the freezer, as well as cooking multiple meals containing different recipes at the same time. In other words, it sounds a lot like the end goal is a fast food outlet with as few human workers as possible. All those thorny ethical questions haven't stopped chains like Jack in the Box, White Castle, and Caliburger from already putting Flippy 2 to use, which we guess we can't be too surprised about. Bell envisions that someday, customers will "walk into a restaurant and look at a robot and say, 'Hey, remember the old days when humans used to do that kind of thing?’ "And those days," he added, "it's coming... It's just a matter of ... how quick." **More on robots:** *[Watching Elon Musk's Robot Back to Back With Boston Dynamics Is... Something]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()