Topic: McDonald’s Is Days From Opening Restaurant Run Entirely By Robots - page 3. (Read 15909 times)

although I never eat Mickey-Dee's
anymore I did grow up with it and ate
there regularly as a kid....

really creepy to have come full circle
with all this....if there are gonna be robots
please make them all sound and look like
the Terminator....at least then we can joke
about the whole situation a bit lol

"would you like fries with that?"

"no thank you, not today"

"then Hasta la vista, baby!"

Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'



Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn has reportedly replaced 60,000 factory workers with robots.

One factory has "reduced employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000 thanks to the introduction of robots", a government official told the South China Morning Post.

Xu Yulian, head of publicity for the Kunshan region, added: "More companies are likely to follow suit."

China is investing heavily in a robot workforce.

In a statement to the BBC, Foxconn Technology Group confirmed that it was automating "many of the manufacturing tasks associated with our operations" but denied that it meant long-term job losses.

"We are applying robotics engineering and other innovative manufacturing technologies to replace repetitive tasks previously done by employees, and through training, also enable our employees to focus on higher value-added elements in the manufacturing process, such as research and development, process control and quality control.

"We will continue to harness automation and manpower in our manufacturing operations, and we expect to maintain our significant workforce in China."

Since September 2014, 505 factories across Dongguan, in the Guangdong province, have invested 4.2bn yuan (£430m) in robots, aiming to replace thousands of workers.

Kunshan, Jiangsu province, is a manufacturing hub for the electronics industry.

Economists have issued dire warnings about how automation will affect the job market, with one report, from consultants Deloitte in partnership with Oxford University, suggesting that 35% of jobs were at risk over the next 20 years.

Former McDonald's chief executive Ed Rensi recently told the US's Fox Business programme a minimum-wage increase to $15 an hour would make companies consider robot workers.

"It's cheaper to buy a $35,000 robotic arm than it is to hire an employee who is inefficient, making $15 an hour bagging French fries," he said.


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376966

At this point 'the system' can make some very practical and efficient decisions about what people need on an individual basis.  This by widespread gathering of information (e.g., activity patterns, search and posting habits on the net, etc) and algorithmic processing of this data.  Many many people 'need' various kinds of drugs (psychotropics, statins, vaccination catch-ups, etc) but the distribution systems is not fully developed.  There is a sort of a gap between when the time food is purchased and when it is swallowed which could be closed to make a fairly efficient system for drug distribution.  Robotic preparation of food along with cashless strong-identity payment methods could go a long way toward closing this gap.  For the betterment of society of course.

There might exist a little bit of a problem in that if, say, a family member were sharing food with other in their family, but people could have the ability to state the alternate parties and have parcels individually labeled.  Also, the pharmacological treatments could be such that the doses are minimal and would cause no 'scientific' harm if ingested by the wrong party, and designed to work on a 'maintanance does' regime.  Big pharma seems to have little trouble convincing outfits like the FDA and CDC that their products are 'safe and effective' these days, and that is all that really matters for these types of projects.

Good.  Maybe now I can get a vanilla milkshake when I order one instead of ending up with chocolate every time. 

Fmr. McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour

http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/05/24/fmr-mcdonalds-usa-ceo-35k-robots-cheaper-than-hiring-at-15-per-hour.html

Sounds interesting having a robot crew but too sad instead a real human serving in Mcdonalds there they are the robot that cannot give the customers sweet smile. If the expenses of robot is cheaper than a regular human crew with a minimum salary it is only beneficial to the owner.

The interesting question is whether people would be happy to buy their burgers from such a place. I guess there is only one way to find out. It might prove not as popular as staffed restaurants. Robots sound cheap, but they require upfront capital and maintenance. If a robot restaurant did less turnover than a staffed restaurant, then the lack of RoI would mean a switch back to staffing.

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Fixed quotes

edit:  and for 'double dose' of fun:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW-4LU79qbU

They are very value their time and time visitors and instill those values his workers why he is so popular

Building robot McDonald's staff 'cheaper' than hiring workers on minimum wage




A former McDonald's CEO is warning that robots will take over jobs at the huge enterprise - because it's cheaper than employing humans.

He said that buying highly skilled robotics is cheaper than employing people at the fast food restaurant.

The worrying forecast comes as he warns huge job losses are imminent, and that it's 'common sense' to replace humans in the workplace.

This comes as a study into the future of human employment has predicted a surge in machine-led work such as robotic counsellors, body part makers and virtual lawyers.


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/building-robot-mcdonalds-staff-cheaper-8044106

I hope it will be a failure and I urge people not to go to such restaurants where they replaced human workers with robots. If a down on his luck person can't even find a job at a McDonald's then humanity is doomed.
Not all people are smart enough and lucky enough to get to college and become robot engineers, and even one day they program robots to repair themselves and other robots and the need for human engineers will become inexistant, all we can do then is die and leave the earth for the robots and the few rich who will have to fight them when the robots realise they can overthrow them and I will be laughing from my grave.

LOL! Lion really doesn't cashier when they are doing to the check out for their food.
They can just grab out some prey out their and eat it easily.

True. But fewer than before. By far. Without automation many more people would be employed. Not that it makes sense to keep them working if a robot can do the task better and faster.


Without another way to put food on the table, maybe. Unless they live in italy: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stealing-food-if-you-are-poor-and-hungry-is-not-a-crime-italian-court-rules-a7011631.html

Surprise it takes them this long. Many food lion stores already have self check out system without cashier.

McDonald’s Workers Fight Over Apple Pies…

This footage shows the moment fists start to fly as two McDonald’s employees start to fight behind the counter.

The 25-year-old and 30-year-old woman apparently began brawling over who was going to cook the chain’s famous Apple Pies.

The clip was filmed by a customer who was waiting in line with his girlfriend for a McChicken sandwich when it all kicked off.

Noah Smith said: “I’m thinking ‘oh man something’s about to really happen right now’.”

As Mr Smith’s footage shows the women were pulling each other by the hair, punching and shouting at each other, while another woman tried to break them up.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-8AyBshD8


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mcdonalds-workers-brawl-caught-camera-8011871


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Robots are bad for customer service...

Over 15 years ago I used to go to a fast food place in Holland which had a regular counter, but also heated vending machines to instantly get food. Most people just used the counter. In the same way, I regular see the self-service checkouts at supermarkets empty while people queue up at the regular tills. People just like interacting with humans more than they like interacting with robots.

That probably not far off either.

Lot's of kids get their first job and learn how the workforce works at MD, this is going to be great for future employment 

Does that mean everyone working at a fast food restaurant is a future criminal?

Its good thing for technology but not good for human being, if all the job can be replace by robots there will be a lot of unemployed people,  alot of unemployed people will increase criminal rating
So for me this is not a good news

This is a great and new for us , but there's still more disadvantage i think if only robots will serve in the sense of heart and common feelings that only people to people will feel ,also the factor that it will take over the  job of our country men and women.