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cjeam t1_j6hjxtw wrote

Still has a full kitchen staff.

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Ortus14 t1_j6hka8d wrote

This is what I was about to ask. If the kitchen isn't automated then it's not close to fully automated yet.

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moobycow t1_j6hw9n2 wrote

Basically, the automation is:

1- Let the customers push the order buttons instead of the staff

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Specialist-Pie8423 t1_j6jqyg4 wrote

It’s more than that. The food is delivered to the window automated too. It’s a significant change. Imagine this being implemented on a global scale.

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moobycow t1_j6jrqf0 wrote

They place the food on a conveyor belt.

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Specialist-Pie8423 t1_j6k0xif wrote

You didn’t watch the video.

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moobycow t1_j6k1mud wrote

Sure I did. The food is on a belt in a bag. How do you think that bag of food got to the belt?

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Specialist-Pie8423 t1_j6k2biy wrote

Lol what is it you think I’m not getting here? You think I don’t comprehend the food is being made by people in a kitchen? My fucking point is you’re downplaying the automated nature of the entire system as “just a conveyor belt”. You’re so fucking stupid my god, I hate this dumb fucking site.

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moobycow t1_j6k45lv wrote

What fucking huge leap in automation do you think a belt that moves food from one person to another is?

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Specialist-Pie8423 t1_j6l05j3 wrote

Do you think it just moves non-stop with no notion of which order goes to which customer? Did you see the FUCKING ROBOT for when you’re INSIDE THE RESTAURANT? You clearly didn’t bother watching the fucking video, and want to weirdly downplay it for some bizarre incomprehensible fucking reason, shut the fuck up, idiot.

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moobycow t1_j6l0r38 wrote

You are fucking moron. It just goes to the next person in line. Or. If it's super fancy it has a number for the slot where they place the food that corresponds to a person.

Wait until you learn about the pneumatic tubes in NYC that delivered mail a century ago.

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City_dave t1_j6lde67 wrote

You're just pissed off Moobys doesn't have this technology. Not a surprise you're hating on McDonald's. You're afraid you're going to be out of a job.

Although I do give you that the Moobynet was very innovative.

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Specialist-Pie8423 t1_j6l31dk wrote

>ignores everything I said

Yeah, such a moron bruh. You’re brain damaged.

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moobycow t1_j6l42sl wrote

Look, it got heated, but I very honestly do not understand what you think this conveyor belt delivery system is doing that couldn't have been done a decade, or more, ago. This is not singularity tech, it is basic assembly line automation that has been available for a very long time. Put item here, then it goes there is not new.

So instead of continually pointing out that they put things on a delivery mechanism and yelling at me how I am stupid for not seeing how that changes the world, explain to me how that is new tech instead of tech that has been available forever, but McDs decided to try out.

Edit: and, yes, a robot. Which is also not really new tech. Fun and cool, but Japan & China had similar silly butler robots a long while back, I think around 2015 or so.

Second edit, found a link: https://fortune.com/2015/07/06/robots-china/amp/

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Specialist-Pie8423 t1_j6owi10 wrote

Where did I even say it was “singularity tech” lol. Still ignoring what I said too. Ignoring and putting words in my mouth. You just kept weird describing it as “a conveyor belt”. Fuck off. Fucking Reddit midwits honestly.

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moobycow t1_j6p6f25 wrote

"Look at the video while I say nothing about why I think it is an important new tech" is not a fucking point that says anything.

I hope someday you learn how to communicate thoughts via writing, it's a useful skill.

And it's a singularity subreddit, so if the tech is not relevant to that why is it blowing your small atrophied mind?

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SeaBearsFoam t1_j6i2fh4 wrote

Lol, well that's not really even that close to fully automated then. There's a Dunkin by my house that has an AI taking orders at the Drive Thru. You pull up, tell the AI what you want, and then humans inside make it for you while you're working your way around to the Drive Thru window. The biggest difference here seems to be that they have conveyor belts delivering the food to people at the McDonalds.

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28nov2022 t1_j6huxp3 wrote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllQyYtZkcA

Automating a full burger assembly is likely still too complex for a one-off stunt. They're replacing cashiers and drivethrough attendants with a conveyor belt. For in-store pickup they still have a human yell out the order numbers to be picked up.

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martin0641 t1_j6j43v0 wrote

What do you imagine the automation team is going to be working on after they're done with the cashiers?

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moobycow t1_j6l3cpd wrote

Yes, and it will be interesting when they have progress to show there. But this? This is basically automating things by making the customer do work a cashier used to do. Which, is great for McDonald's, but not exactly a huge leap in technology.

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Taqueria_Style t1_j6lufrj wrote

I mean that... company already made... that freaking arm thingy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyEHRXA_aA4

Do that, how hard could it be? Just buy the thing.

And... yeah. Someone's got to get it off the truck and into the shelves that the arm thingy uses so. Yes that's still a thing.

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Akimbo333 t1_j6huj5u wrote

Nah I heard that they automate the deep-fryer and the burger flipping

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