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But, we don't know exactly what will be happened to ex human employees. Lost their job and can't do anything.

A job with the McDonald's is not a high paying one anyway. Most of their employees are illegal immigrants and individuals who do part-time job, such as students. I don't think this initiative will have a sizable effect on the unemployment rates, although in the United States, McD is one of the top employers, in terms of the number of employees.

Yeah, but all of us have known that McDonald's spread their franchises almost in all countries. The situation in US surely have differences with other countries, so not all of McDonalsd's have the illegal immigrants and part time job employees there.

You know how the robots revolted in Terminator? It’s only a matter of time before that happens at this McDonald’s. Everyone needs to move their family out of the United States NOW while they still have a fighting chance.
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But, we don't know exactly what will be happened to ex human employees. Lost their job and can't do anything.

A job with the McDonald's is not a high paying one anyway. Most of their employees are illegal immigrants and individuals who do part-time job, such as students. I don't think this initiative will have a sizable effect on the unemployment rates, although in the United States, McD is one of the top employers, in terms of the number of employees.

Yeah, but all of us have known that McDonald's spread their franchises almost in all countries. The situation in US surely have differences with other countries, so not all of McDonalsd's have the illegal immigrants and part time job employees there.
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i just googled and found that 1.7 million people around the world are employees at McDonald ,so their jobs and salaries should simply rest in peace right now ?

WTF? Just because McDonald's is experimenting with robots in just one of its restaurants, it doesn't mean that they will lay off all their employees. Their jobs are safe, for at least the next two decades. After that... I am not sure. But just remember what happened to all those clerks, when computers replaced them. They quickly found some other better paying job, without much difficulty. The same will happen here.
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Phoenix, AZ — After seeing a decline in earnings for the first time in nine years, McDonald’s plans to do something no other store of its kind has ever done before; open a store run entirely by robots.

The store is set to open July 4th in Phoenix, Arizona once the state-of-the-art robot remodel is complete. The restaurant will still employee a small team to insure all of the robots are working correctly, the food along with the cleaning supplies remaining stocked and removing the money collected by the robots. If the test launch for the store is a success, visitors to the restaurant can soon expect to see these new robots working in harmony at a speed of 50 times faster than the average human employee, with no chance of error, located in every store all over the country.

The store’s new manager, Jay Funkhouser, told CNN that he has worked with the machines in a product development facility in San Francisco for over six months now and speaks highly of the robots.

“These things are great! They get their work done in a fast and orderly manner. And they don’t ask for cigarette breaks.”



http://newsexaminer.net/food/mcdonalds-to-open-restaurant-run-by-robots/




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Is it McD’s causing mass unemployment or the unskilled workers asking for $15/hr? Big question… hmmm, I don’t know, I would have to say both sides are to blame, no? Well, sure the workers are asking for $15 which is foolish. But they didn’t point it out in clear words in this article, but they did touch on the subject (without explaining why they mentioned it) – their share prices. Well, why’s that a concern? Well, unless if you’ve been sleeping under a rock for the last 10 years, you know about McD’s slow decline which has been accelerating rappidly as of late. It all started with that Super Size Me Movie – that was the moment when people started questioning what is it that they buy from this place called McD’s? Is it good for you? It went from that to people talking about all over the place and online, you know – P2P marketing – but in a bad way to them. You can find youtube videos all over the place showing Big Macs that don’t mold or rot 5 years after purchase, same with their fries. Is this really food? Or is it plastic? Or is it both? 100% beef? Last time I checked real beef rots in days, not years! Plus all the food they mix with the plastics in their “food” is GMO – and people don’t want that neither. So, people are more informed now, people don’t want to eat their Mc”food”. The article didn’t mention it, but unless if you haven’t heard – google it – McDonald’s has been losing money fast – their earnings have been steadily on decline for the last 11 consecutive months. This is their move of desperation trying to avoid bankruptcy – their workers expect $15 an hour, and their customers are fleeing their stores in droves – they don’t want their plastic, GMO, fake “food” anymore. They’re humpty dumpty, and not all the kings horses, or all the king’s men won’t be able to put him back together again! No, robots will not fix McHumpty Dumpty, people will continue to avoid the so called “food” they sell, and I think the introduction of robots just might even accelerate their decline even more – people don’t want their so called “food” no more, and now, people will feel insulted that the place won’t even employ their lazy teenage son who can’t get a job even if he looked for one.
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Now that they hire only robots, I don’t know what I can even do. I don’t have an education, a car, and now I’m not gonna even be able to get a burger job. Just the thought of having to go to the state unemployment office and stand in line with those scumbags.
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i just googled and found that 1.7 million people around the world are employees at McDonald ,so their jobs and salaries should simply rest in peace right now ?  Huh dosen't seem to be so fair does it (if all restaurants become with robots)
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McDonalds surely will always take the cheap option. Only if their image is hurt they try to change something. A little bit.

As long as their food is not hazardous to health, I don't have any problem. But still, the thought of eating chicken nuggets, which are made from inner organs (such as kidneys, heart, and thyroid glands) and bones makes me nauseous (the last time I had chicken nuggets from McD was in 2011). Are you sure that eating these food products will not cause any serious health issues later?

As far as i read McDonalds stopped using that because the public outcry was too big.

And no, i dont know if that will bring problems to healt. The beauty for companies in the US is... they dont need to proof that something is not dangerous, they can use it until it shows that its dangerous. In europe companies would need to show that something is not dangerous. Then they can use it.

And with the free trade agreements these blessings to companies can be spread over the world. If people dont stand up against it.
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McDonalds surely will always take the cheap option. Only if their image is hurt they try to change something. A little bit.

As long as their food is not hazardous to health, I don't have any problem. But still, the thought of eating chicken nuggets, which are made from inner organs (such as kidneys, heart, and thyroid glands) and bones makes me nauseous (the last time I had chicken nuggets from McD was in 2011). Are you sure that eating these food products will not cause any serious health issues later?
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I also hope it will bring prices down at macdonaldses in comparision with other fast food restourants.

I don't think so. Their prices are more or less reasonable. The only thing is that they should bring more quality and better hygiene to their food. May be they should use more organic food instead of all those processed items. And using robots might be expensive. The cheapest versions can cost as much as a few hundred thousand USD.


The Singapore Vertical-Farms that herald an Agricultural Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nFQOkzEjxQ


High-tech Dutch trend of 'city farming' grows food faster without sunlight
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2015/05/high-tech_dutch_farming_grows.html


PlantLab: Urban Farms 40 Times More Productive than Open Fields
http://weburbanist.com/2015/04/02/plantlab-urban-farms-40-times-more-productive-than-open-fields/



Urban farming is still a dream... But. Imaging McDonald's becoming a farmer. McFarming's everywhere...

I know they try to care about "good food" because they got a lot bad press and image for their fast food. But i dont see them being too much involved. I mean when you know about pink goop, chicken nuggets made from the whole chicken, including inner organs, bones and... you dont want to think about. https://docakilah.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/can-you-guess-what-mcdonald%E2%80%99s-food-item-this-is/

McDonalds surely will always take the cheap option. Only if their image is hurt they try to change something. A little bit.
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I personally would like to see few restaurants being operated by robots, in the future it is very likely possible that the current workforce will be replaced by robots Smiley
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But, we don't know exactly what will be happened to ex human employees. Lost their job and can't do anything.

A job with the McDonald's is not a high paying one anyway. Most of their employees are illegal immigrants and individuals who do part-time job, such as students. I don't think this initiative will have a sizable effect on the unemployment rates, although in the United States, McD is one of the top employers, in terms of the number of employees.
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All I have to say is FINALLY!

God, if I have to wait in line again for 30 minutes because the little old Pilipino lady behind the counter keeps making mistakes, you could put one person behind the burger machine and pay them twice as much.
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Will this make it cheaper now?
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What will happen to all the people that want higher minimum wage once fast food goes robot? Who will they protest to give them more money for the entry level work?

This would be great and awful...riots would result, unfortunately.
Then the riot control robot trucks will take care of them...


That movie was so ahead of its time. Cool
whats the movie , looks good ?
Soylent Green. The trailer includes snippets of the scene that pic is taken from.
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What will happen to all the people that want higher minimum wage once fast food goes robot? Who will they protest to give them more money for the entry level work?

This would be great and awful...riots would result, unfortunately.


Then the riot control robot trucks will take care of them...








That movie was so ahead of its time. Cool

whats the movie , looks good ?
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Inb4 McDonald's takes over the world with their new "cooks".  I like the idea though, gotta try it out.
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It says the location will have a minimal staff to maintain the robots. So it is NOT ENTIRELY run by robots. Just mostly.

Yeah that's for now. But we don't know what will be happened in future right? If you read the post before this, you will find article "Damaged Robot Can 'Heal' Itself in Less Than 2 Minutes" by Wilikon. So, it's be possible to the machines to work alone without human employees helping in future.
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It says the location will have a minimal staff to maintain the robots. So it is NOT ENTIRELY run by robots. Just mostly.
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The robots are expensive, but the employers don't need to pay their salary every month or every week. I guess they will just do maintenance once a year, and the profit from machine is higher than the human employee. Smiley

I don't think they will be able to completely replace their human workforce with robots. May be they'll think about replacing half of the staff with them. And a normal employee costs the McDonalds around $15 per hour (that comes to around $45,000 per year). If a robot can replace 5 employees, it will save them $225,000.

Yeah McDonalds still need human to do maintenance to machines or clean it up. But, for chef and waiters positions, I think the robot can do that itself without humans or maybe everyday they need atleast 2 person to do program in the machines and as a restaurant security officer. But, we don't know exactly what will be happened to ex human employees. Lost their job and can't do anything.
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Finally. Maybe now the prices can come down to reality.
3$ for a large fry?

Are they crazy?

Bigmac trio is now pushing 10$

That's nuts.


Don't forget to eat your vegetables...


Robot broccoli harvester could cut cost of eating your greens



Three-dimensional camera technology from the University of Lincoln is helping in the development of a fully automated robotic system that can harvest broccoli.

The project, which is jointly funded by BBSRC and Innovate UK, will test whether 3D camera technology can be used to identify and select when broccoli is ready for harvesting. This will be a key step towards the development of a fully automatic robotic harvesting system for broccoli, which will significantly reduce production costs.

The University of Lincoln was one of more than 70 UK businesses and universities to share funding through the £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst, which aims to improve the development of agricultural technology in the UK.


Project leader Prof Tom Duckett, group co-ordinator of the Agri-food Technology Research Group at the University of Lincoln, said: “Broccoli is one of the world’s largest vegetable crops and is almost entirely manually harvested, which is costly.” This technology is seen as being an important move towards developing fully automatic robot harvesting systems, which could then be used for a variety of different crops.

“In all our agri-related research work, our mission is to develop new technological solutions for the business of producing food through agriculture. The long-term impact of our research includes safer food, less waste, more efficient food production, and better use of natural resources, as well as promoting human health and happiness.”

The research team includes Dr Grzegorz Cielnak from Lincoln’s School of Computer Science and Dr Simon Pearson from the university’s National Centre for food Manufacturing (NCFM) at Holbeach. The main industry partner is R. Fountain & Son Ltd, horticultural consultants based in Boston, Lincolnshire, who will be responsible for creating the broccoli-cutting device.

Ian Meikle, head of Agriculture and Food at Innovate UK said: “The Agri-tech Strategy aims to make the UK a world leader in agricultural technology, innovation and sustainability. The funding decisions are-expert led and evidence based. They support great ideas that address challenges of the future in food and farming. With business, scientific advancement and research, and the government working together, these investments can unlock potential and deliver major benefits for society and the economy, but also ensure future sustainability.”


http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/robot-broccoli-harvester-could-cut-cost-of-eating-your-greens/1020518.article



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