Re:Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant
by greedo on Thursday June 21, 2018 @07:53PM
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5 minutes isn't fast when there's 20 people in line ahead of you.
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Re:Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant
by lern_too_spel on Thursday June 21, 2018 @08:24PM
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Presumably, the restaurant will be able to make more than one burger at the same time, just like other restaurants.
The point is that it's faster than a burger at a specialty burger restaurant, like Red Robin.
Re:Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant
by greedo on Thursday June 21, 2018 @08:35PM
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Unless they speed up the machine (possible with future versions) or add multiple machines (which increases the required retail space as well as capital expenditures), they're limited by the robot's 5 min throughput. Serially cooking is no way to run a restaurant.
A grill at Red Robin operates in parallel and can easily beat this thing at throughput.
Re:Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant
by lern_too_spel on Thursday June 21, 2018 @08:42PM
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> they're limited by the robot's 5 min throughput
5 minutes is latency. The article says nothing about throughput, but the video shows multiple burgers pipelined on the machine's conveyors.
Re:Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant
by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday June 22, 2018 @05:34PM
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I hope the beef's better than the crap at Red Robin!