Flippy, meet Chippy, Chipotle’s new tortilla chip-cooking robot arm

From the corporate that gave you Flippy, the hamburger-cooking robot arm, comes Chippy, which does the identical for tortilla chips. Miso Robotics at present introduced that it has teamed with quick informal Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle to develop a system designed to deep fry and season chips — not an excessive amount of of a stretch, actually, after Flippy 2 found out learn how to make French fries for White Citadel final yr.

The new robot/AI system is at the moment being examined on the chain’s Domesticate Middle meals laboratory in Orange County. It expects to begin testing Southern California eating places sooner or later later this yr. Just like the Flippy roll out earlier than it, the Chippy’s maker will likely be utilizing the testing interval to find out what works — and doesn’t — for workers and prospects alike.

Along with dipping the basket into the vat of sizzling oil, the system can also be designed to season the chips with salt and lime juice. Chipotle says a little bit chaos is a key to including some humanity again into the system.

“Everyone loves finding a chip with a little more salt or an extra hint of lime,” mentioned Nevielle Panthaky, vp of Culinary, Chipotle. “To ensure we didn’t lose the humanity behind our culinary experience, we trained Chippy extensively to ensure the output mirrored our current product, delivering some subtle variations in flavor that our guests expect.”

Chippy joins Flippy and Miso’s delicate drink dispenser, Sippy. Can Tippy, the serving robot or Trippy, a weed concierge robot, be far behind?