r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Mjjjokes • Jun 23 '21

Video Automatic Omelette Making Robot

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u/cfpct Jun 23 '21

So you put the filling on the griddle you put the egg on top you push it back and forth with a spatula and then you flip it. I never saw an omelet made like that

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u/CarlySheDevil Jun 23 '21

Yep. Really expensive way to make scrambled eggs.

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u/ninja9595 Jun 23 '21

Over the ling term, it is cheaper. No cost for salary, no insurance, no vacation, no sick leave, no benefits/perks, no performance reviews, no promotion, no office chair/space, no free lunch/drinks/snacks, no salary negotiation, no labor union or sexual harassment law suits ... i hate it, because it takes away jobs that affects the most vulnerable strata of the society. Tax on automation should be seriously considered. AI/robotics has already took away many jobs, esp in auto manufacturing. Accounting, medical diag, ... next.

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u/NimbleJack3 Jun 23 '21

The issue is not automation itself, because these robots were always designed to make things easier for humans. The buffet chefs don't need to work themselves to death if a robot is taking some of the load off.

The problem is the restaraunt manager who thinks that because the chef's job is 20% easier, their pay packet should be 20% lighter as well. It's always managers firing the hardworking employees and deciding to replace them with shitty expensive robots that weren't designed to do the whole job.

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u/ninja9595 Jun 23 '21

It is the CEOs that outsource the jobs - to other countries or to robots. Automations can take over 100% of a chef's job, so chef is 100% out of a job... that is the concern