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u/AlexCookie 5d ago
The bun holder seems underdesigned? There could've been some self-centering funnel thingy or a clamp that keeps the bun in place, instead of relying on this fancy scanning action and the friction lottery
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u/Agarwel 5d ago
Yeah. On the other hand... this does not look like "fast food machine". But demo machine, that is showing all the functionality the company can produce for their robots. Serving hotdogs is just secondary function used for these demo purposes. So the scanning action is not there, because it is best solution. The scanning action is there, to showcase the company can do scanning action. In the end, this is not supposed to be fast or usefull. It is just there to show the tech on something interesting to the observer.
My previous company had something similar in the demo room. If the visitor placed the bussiness card, it took it, and server you a candy. Was it usefull? No. Did it work in most effective way? No. Did it used lots of our portfolio tech? Yes. Were visitor interested to check it? Yes. And that was the whole point. This machine seems to have similar purpose.
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u/Nienordir 4d ago
I think the machine ran out of condiment and without the condiment providing lubrication the follow up steps fail.
Under normal operation its probably more reliable, but either the fill level sensor failed or the machine didn't get topped off at the start of the shift as required.
The design flaw is probably that it doesn't detect running out of condiment and a flimsy maintenance procedure, that requires the machine to be primed by the operator on schedule for error free operation.
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u/vikster9991 5d ago
People are always like "fast food workers will be replaced" and the machine is like $10 billion dollars and doesn't work
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u/KayabaSynthesis 5d ago
I've been to this exact spot a few times and had a few hot dogs done by the machine. It usually works fine. It's in a Å»abka store in the shopping center Stary Browar in PoznaÅ, Poland.
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u/Wild_East9907 5d ago
If someone wanted to know where this is. This hotdog robot is in a żabka nano store in Poland šµš±
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u/Kamil210s 4d ago
Itās from a Polish store āÅ»abka Nanoā which is fully automated shop with no worker inside, and a famous hot dog machine because this store is known for its hot dogs
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u/Sharp-Swimmer-6887 5d ago
I know people, including myself, who could get this done in less than a minute. This is what they want to replace fast food workers????
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u/SouthParkFirefly1991 5d ago
That robot was 2 seconds away from just throwing the sausage at the guy and storming off to sob in the break room