In many cases , usingrobots and hokey intelligenceto thoroughgoing job traditionally done by people is meant to increase uniformity and cut down on human erroneous belief . The goal for “ Chippy , ” a robotic arm program to makeChipotletortilla crisp , is a little dissimilar .
AsFood & Winereports , Chippy is the result of a collaboration between Chipotle innovator and Miso Robotics — the robotics firm behind “ Flippy , ” a exchangeable automatonlike arm that formerly flippedburgersat aWhite Castlein Chicago . ( Flippy was recentlyreplacedby Flippy 2 , which is also point to dozens of other White Castle positioning . )
Chippy is supposed to make tortilla silicon chip exactly like its human counterpart do : fix with the same proportions of corn masa flour , water , and sunflower oil ; and sprinkled with common salt and lime succus . And just as humans sometimes distribute that salt and linden succus a bit unequally , so too will Chippy .
“ Everyone loves finding a buffalo chip with a short more salt or an supernumerary hint of hydrated lime , ” Nevielle Panthaky , Chipotle ’s vice chair of culinary , said in apress release . “ To ensure we did n’t lose the man behind our culinary experience , we trained Chippy extensively to ensure the end product mirror our current product , delivering some subtle variation in spirit that our guests expect . ”
right on now , the chip - churning kitchen helper is still go through examination at the Chipotle Cultivate Center in Irvine , California , but the company ask to install it at one of Chipotle ’s Southern California locations sometime this year . As for whetherChipotle employeeswill feel threatened by Chippy ’s dead imperfect culinary capability , only time will say — but it seems like there ’s a fairly good chance that some will receive the assist . As Chipotle main technology officer Curt Garnertold CNBC , Chippy was conceptualise after worker were asked for their thoughts on ways to meliorate the eating house . “ [ Up ] at the top of the list was a effective manner to make chips , ” he said .
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