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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Carl's Jr. CEO Wants to Open a Robot Restaurant Free of Human Workers
As minimum wages across the country rise and
restaurants face increased labor costs, one fast food CEO is thinking
about replacing human workers with robots. Carl's Jr. head honcho Andy
Puzder wants to open a new restaurant concept that's "employee-free," reports Business Insider. Puzder was inspired by a visit to Eatsa, the futuristic San Francisco-born restaurant
where patrons order via tablet and retrieve their food from automated
cubbies. He believes the idea of a restaurant free of social interaction
could be especially appealing to millennials, noting that young people
seem particularly fond of ordering from kiosks over humans. For businesses that view their employees as simply obstacles to
their profits rather than living, breathing people, clearly the
benefits of robot workers are many: "They're always polite, they always
upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there's
never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex, or race discrimination case,"
Puzder tells Business Insider. Robot restaurants have already infiltrated other parts of the world: China has restaurants staffed with robot chefs and robot waiters, and there are even robot bartenders on cruise ships now...more
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