I worked for years at a KFC, all the way up to assistant manager. It was actually quite a challenging job, far harder than my senior software engineering role I have now. You have to manage at least 10 different products, and about 10 other variables such as labor and food cost and speed of service in real time, all while typically running a position yourself, and doing inventory in your down time.

That said, the actual physical making of the food is a small and trivial part of any operation of a fast food restaurant and this robotic help would be laughed out of any kitchen I was in.

Until the robots can do all of the tasks above and quickly switch from one to another and be highly adaptable in real time based on the needs of the restaurant, I think we’re okay.

This tells me more the founders of this startup should have gone to work in a fast food restaurant before thinking they are smart enough to innovate it. This feels like ivory tower innovation at best.