As a result, Miso can offer Flippys to fast food restaurant owners for an estimated $2,000 per month on a subscription basis, breaking down to about $3 per hour. And turnover rates, which have always been high for low-paying fast food jobs, have climbed to more than 100% per year. Despite the intersecting trend lines of cheaper technology and tighter labor markets, however, restaurant robot companies have been struggling. But not all restaurant robots are made alike, and the industry is split between two distinct visions of how robots can transform the service sector. “The problems you have in fast food are very analogous to the problem we’re facing in warehouses,” Goldberg said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2020 16:20 UTC