A company called Momentum Machines has built a robot that could radically change the fast-food industry and have some line cooks looking for new jobs.Put a couple of iPads on the counter for order taking and you'll understand why the SEIU is whistling in the graveyard.
The company's robot can "slice toppings like tomatoes and pickles immediately before it places the slice onto your burger, giving you the freshest burger possible." The robot is "more consistent, more sanitary, and can produce ~360 hamburgers per hour." That's one burger every 10 seconds.
The next generation of the device will offer "custom meat grinds for every single customer. Want a patty with 1/3 pork and 2/3 bison ground to order? No problem."
Momentum Machines cofounder Alexandros Vardakostas told Xconomy his "device isn’t meant to make employees more efficient. It’s meant to completely obviate them." Indeed, marketing copy on the company's site reads that their automaton "does everything employees can do, except better."
Meanwhile, we should point out the following:
In Milwaukee, Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore was taken away in handcuffs by police for blocking traffic at a McDonald's.That's mighty sporting of Congresswoman Moore. To show her commitment to the cause, let's look at how she walks the talk:
"I take great pride in supporting Milwaukee workers as they risk arrest in pursuit of a brighter tomorrow for their families," Moore said in a statement through her communications director, Eric Harris.
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| You'd be better off working at McDonald's |
Update: Keith Ellison is similarly generous:
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| They'd also prefer not to pay you |
2 comments:
i would think before some class of workers told me they were worth X amount of dollars, they would first attempt to do the job in passable english and get the order correct 50% of the time.
How do our Congress-critters expect someone to support a family of four on an intern's unlivable wage?
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