The Next Industrial Revolution – Low Tech Robotics
From Tyler Durden @ ZeroHedge.
The robotic movement started about 50 years ago in manufacturing. Using mechanical components a series of simple tasks could be performed. This replaced countless workers on the shop floor or sent the work to sweat shops in third world countries. Computer processing and AI integration has enabled a new industrial revolution within small businesses.
Minimum wage leftists are getting their wish – and more. Buoyed by social security and freebies, the push was on for minimum wage for all. In some jobs it would be needed to protect the low paid long-hire staff. However for small struggling corner stores in the current economy – minimum wage will possibly be the last nail in the coffin. The consequences from minimum wage laws were unfortunately predictable. Seems no one was listening.
Meet your new corner cafe barrista worker Gordon. Ideally suited for the job. No attitude, no spitting in your coffee if you only mention Trump, or misspelling your name on your morning cup.
Cafe X has opened its very first robotic cafe in San Francisco’s Metreon shopping center Digital Trends reports. Promising “precision crafted specialty coffee in seconds, the way the roaster intended,” Cafe X thinks that anything a human can do, its machines can do better. Or rather – just one machine.
Nicknamed Gordon, after a Cafe X employee, this robot mans robots – two standard professional coffee machines in order to serve up espressos and lattes.
In the San Francisco location, customers can grab a cup of coffee with beans from AKA Coffee, Verve Coffee Roasters, or Peet’s. While the coffee itself may not make Cafe X stand out from the competition, the startup hopes that the robot’s efficiency and utility will.
And it surely will, because while its name may be Gordon, its title is the “bionic barrista” and its primary mission is to terminate millions of minimum wage jobs around the globe, boosting the bottom line for major coffee chains everywhere, whose growth has plateaued and who are desperate to cut on overhead costs. Already the average Cafe X coffee costs more than 10%, or 40 cents less than a similar drink at Starbucks. With greater scale the price may only drop.
While offering clear savings for the business, there will be some tradeoffs – introducing automation and robotics into food service will reduce costs and increase efficiency at the expense of customization and a “human touch.” Some companies – and clients – may prefer a personal experience to an efficient one, or a customized product. The company behind Gordon, however, disagrees: “There’s a lot of work that goes into great coffee. The Cafe X system is designed for humans and robots to collaborate,” Cafe X explains on its websites. The big M is not far behind and is opening a test facility restaurant run by robots.
The store is set to open July 4th in Phoenix, Arizona once the state-of-the-art robot remodel is complete. The restaurant will still employ a small team of human employees to insure all of the robots are working correctly, the food and cleaning supplies remain stocked along with removing the money collected by the robots.
The store’s new manager, Peter Gibbons, told CNN that he has worked with the robots at a product development facility in San Francisco for the last six months and speaks highly of the machines.
“These things are great! They get their work done in a fast and orderly manner, plus they don’t ask for cigarette breaks.”
37-year-old Paul Horner, a spokesman for McDonald’s told reporters that because of the demand for a $15/hr minimum wage, the company has been playing with the idea of a restaurant run entirely by robots for years and believes their “McRobots” are the answer.
Visitors to the restaurant will see these new robots working in harmony at a speed of 50 times faster than the average McDonald’s employee, with no chance of error. If the test launch for the store is a success, people can expect to see robots working in McDonald’s restaurants all over the country and the world.
“Smart robotics and machine learning working autonomously allows our operations team to focus on sourcing and using fresh ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards, and ensuring a great customer experience with every single interaction.” According to Cafe X, a great customer experience involves efficiency and replicability. “By being automated, we guarantee every cup of coffee you are served from a Cafe X machine is how the roaster intended you to enjoy their coffee,” Cafe X CEO Henry Hu told CNET.
For clients, the efficiency improvements and passed-through cost savings will likely more than offset any loss of a “human touch” – you can order your cup of coffee ahead of time with the Cafe X and big M mobile apps and even schedule a pickup time, if you want.
The new service will be widely appreciated by the new ‘texting’ generation – who don’t really care who – or what – is behind the counter. The younger crowd devoid of social skills would in some ways appreciate and even favour the changes.
Thanks to the robot’s artificial intelligence software, your pre-orders are taken into consideration alongside walk-in orders to ensure that no one is waiting for too long. And with a single robot capable of making 100 to 120 cups of coffee in an hour, you likely won’t be waiting long at all.
And since bionic barristas and burger flippers not only do not expect a weekly paycheck, but need no healthcare or other ‘people’ benefits, the choice for a revolution is clear.
There is a nationwide push in large and small enterprises – and in all ailing or over-marketed sectors – to mechanise as much staff as possible. Clearly a nanny, personal assistant, proof reader, nurse, robotic manager or other senor staff is not far behind (on the production line). Did I not mention sex bots? The possibilities seem endless.
For jobs to come back to the US this may be one way to beat Trump. Then it will become the next worldwide implementation. For those waiting for manufacturing or other such production jobs to return to the US in the long run – don’t hold your breath.
Oh, and to those 10,000 refugees or lefties who had hoped to get a job at Starbucks or such – our condolences.
I think the most important question to ask is will automated services replace human resource .
Consequently ,what does that mean for the economy.
Positions “staffed” by machines are unpaid and consequently so are the people they are replacing at cost, so where does the money come from.
It may be cost-effective while people still hold paid positions but what happens when automated services replace the need for paid labor?An economy runs on the circulation of money.
What happens to people in a world where jobs are done by machines that require payment to process a request. Both become useless.
It may be cost-effective while people still hold paid positions but what happens when automated services replace the need for paid labor?An economy runs on the circulation of money.
Think of humans as ineffective and unprofitable tools that need to be discarded when the time is right. That is how the politicians industrialists and banksters think of the masses.
You may ask what that means for us. I would put it to you – what happens to an obsolete piece of machinery that has outlived its purpose? The same thing.
It may be cost-effective while people still hold paid positions but what happens when automated services replace the need for paid labor?An economy runs on the circulation of money.
Think of humans as ineffective and unprofitable tools that need to be discarded when the time is right. That is how the politicians industrialists and banksters think of the masses.
You may ask hat that means for us. I would put it to you – what happens to an obsolete piece of machinery that has outlived its purpose? The same thing.
Better question, whats the point of machines then?
Or in a world without work, what will be required of people and how will we “pay” for services.
It’s just as well that fertility rates in the West has dropped below replacement then because it looks like there will be too few jobs available for them once they grow up.
Marriage:About as appealing as wood-chipper diving.
Better question, whats the point of machines then?
Or in a world without work, what will be required of people and how will we “pay” for services.
The question is – what is the point of humans when the work can be completely re-packaged for robots?
If there are so many humans isn’t it better to get rid of those that are not contributing?
In my opinion, Contributing to what? People arent Property, neither are Their Choices.The Statment assumes Ownership through Demand.
Killing off others despite the methods because they dont add up is Socialist.
Its not my place to define the value of Another person in terms of whether they should live or die based on their work ethic. Fact is, even a Lazy Persons owes no one anything.
Killing off others despite the methods because they dont add up is Socialist.
Its not my place to define the value of Another person in terms of whether they should live or die based on their work ethic. Fact is, even a Lazy Persons owes no one anything.
This is unfortunately the story of humankind including the United States. This is how the elites think – unless this behaviour is understood the threat to the masses cannot be confronted in a capable manner. I am simply acting as the Devil’s Advocate to put forward the elitists’ viewpoints. 🙂
Killing off others despite the methods because they dont add up is Socialist.
Its not my place to define the value of Another person in terms of whether they should live or die based on their work ethic. Fact is, even a Lazy Persons owes no one anything.
This is unfortunately the story of humankind including the United States. This is how the elites think – unless this behaviour is understood the threat to the masses cannot be confronted in a capable manner. I am simply acting as the Devil’s Advocate to put forward the elitists’ viewpoints.
Lol, I understood you were. Reasonably , I beilieve all people Should be Employed if they arent to benefit themselves.
Your a Smart man Yumbo, much Smarter than me. I just wanted to Entertain the Argument to receive some Education on the matter.
The fact you present information the way you do gave me Insight into the fact you have good Intentions.Never doubted.Your Word Choices reflect your thinking. Your cool IMO.
The fact you present information the way you do gave me Insight into the fact you have good Intentions.Never doubted.Your Word Choices reflect your thinking. Your cool IMO.
No problems bro – always like to banter – please keep posting and discussing. I enjoy it and respect everyone’s views.
PS. That huge emoji scared the crap out of me when I first saw it – thought my days were numbered etc.
If poeple don’t have jobs who will have money to buy any goods?
Aye – that’s the rub.
In any Orwellian society or something like the Hunger Games we are regressing back to a feudal age where people will be property again with only the illusion of democracy.
There will be money I believe but this will be accessible to those who are within the ‘System’.
You either serve the corporate masters or not. If you do there is a place for you – until you become otherwise. It is entirely possible those who are no longer needed are left to their own devices. It’s already starting to happen on an international scale.
Recent cases in history : Native American Indians / India / Venezuela / Greece / Cyprus….
Did you know Yumbo that after that f~~~ery went down, within days, maybe even the next day, Canada changed it’s laws advocating for bank bailouts from private accounts?
Did you know Yumbo that after that f~~~ery went down, within days, maybe even the next day, Canada changed it’s laws advocating for bank bailouts from private accounts?
Premeditated.
Yes – the EU/IMF used Cyprus as a test case for bail-ins. When no blowback happened Canada (plus a few other countries) jumped onto the IMF bandwagon.
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