Robots cook your burger and fries at this new California fast food restaurant

HAVING THE ROBOTS DO IT ALL. EL WYNN LOPEZ REPORTS. >> Reporter: THE BURGERS AT THIS LOS ANGELES FAST FOOD RESTAURANT ARE CLASSIC, BUT THE WORKERS MAY BE THE FUTURE. CALI EXPRESS TOUTS ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S FIRST FULLY AUTONOMOUS RESTAURANT. YOU'RE GOING TO HELP ME GET WALLY TO MAKE ME A BURGER, IS THAT RIGHT? FROM FACIAL RECOGNITION AS YOU ORDER -- >> GO AHEAD AND PUT IN YOUR ORDER. >> Reporter: OKAY. SO, WE'LL DO THE RGER WITH EVERYTHING AND SOME RAW ONION, OF COURSE. TO THE ROBOT CHEFS BEHIND THE COUNTER, ALMOST EVERYTHING HERE IS MADE BY MACHINES. THE FRIES BY A ROBOT CALLED FLIPPY. >> FLIPPY IS USING HIS ROBOT ARM TO GRAB A BASKET. HE'S GOING TO BRING IT OVER HERE TO THIS FREEZER AND DISPENSE AN ORDER OF FRIES INTO IT. A ROBOT ARM IS JUST A ROBOT ARM, BUT THE SECRET SAUCE HERE IS THE A.I. THAT REALLY POWERS IT. >> Reporter: AND FOR THE MAIN COURSE, THERE'S THE BURGER BOT, GRINDING THE MEAT FRESH, FORMING PATTIES AND GRILLING TO ORDER. >> AS IT SPINS AROUND AND AS IT GETS TO THE END, IT WILL SCOOP IT UP AND DUMP IT INTO THIS BUCKET. >> Reporter: MAJOR CHAINS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO BUY INTO A.I. AND AUTOMATION. WENDY'S EXPERIMENTING WITH A.I.-POWERED DRIVE-THRUS. >> WELCOME TO WENDY'S. >> Reporter: SALAD CHAIN SWEET GREEN HAS SALADS ROLLING THROUGH AUTOMATION. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THAT SAY, LISTEN, THIS IS TAKING AWAY JOBS. >> RESTAURANTS HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME FINDING WORKERS, AND IT COSTS THEM A LOT TO HAVE THOSE WORKERS, SO, YOU WANT TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE YOU PUT THOSE WORKERS, BECAUSE WORKING A FRY STATION IS A PRETTY UNDESIRABLE JOB, IT'S DANGEROUS, YOU BURN YOUR ARM. >> AUTOMATION WILL LIKELY ELIMINATE SOME JOBS. THAT MAY BE INEVITABLE. >> Reporter: BUT BRIAN JUSTI WARNS AN ALL-ROBOT KITCHEN MAY NOT BE ON THE MENU ANY TIME SOON. >> I THINK THERE'S KIND OF SIGNIFICANT SMOKE AND MIRRORS TRICK HAPPENING WHERE YOU GET CLAIMS OF FULL MOTE MAKE. >> Reporter: BECAUSE EVEN WHAT THEY CALL AT THE WORLD'S FIRST FULLY AUTONOMOUS RESTAURANT -- THERE'S GENOVA. SHE MAKES THE BURGERS WHOLE. ADDING TOPPINGS AND, OF COURSE, THE BUN. SOMETHING THESE ROBOTS HAVEN'T QUITE MASTERED YESTERDAY. LET'S TRY THIS. NOT BAD. A BITE INTO THE

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Length: 2min 38sec (158 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 14 2024