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title: "Meet your new robot fry cooks: Inside the $28 billion race to disrupt White Castle and Jack in the Box"
description: A recent Fortune article highlights how robotics is transforming the fast-food industry, driven by ongoing labor shortages and rising operational costs.
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# [Meet your new robot fry cooks: Inside the $28 billion race to disrupt White Castle and Jack in the Box](https://info.misorobotics.com/press-release/meet-your-new-robot-fry-cooks-inside-the-28-billion-race-to-disrupt-white-castle-and-jack-in-the-box)

 Written by [stephengoldbytes](https://info.misorobotics.com/author/stephengoldbytes) | Apr 22, 2026 1:20:46 PM

A recent Fortune article highlights how robotics is transforming the fast-food industry, driven by ongoing labor shortages and rising operational costs.

At the center of this shift is **Flippy**, an AI-powered kitchen robot developed by Miso Robotics. Designed to handle repetitive and high-risk cooking tasks like frying, Flippy can prepare **40+ menu items with speed, consistency, and minimal human intervention**.

Restaurants are increasingly exploring automation as hiring and retaining staff remains a major challenge. Robots like Flippy help improve efficiency, reduce errors, and allow human staff to focus on higher-value tasks like customer experience.

While the adoption of robotics continues to grow, the article also notes that scaling these technologies comes with challenges, including cost and proving long-term economic value.

Overall, automation is emerging as a powerful tool not to replace workers but to support restaurant operations and address industry-wide labor gaps.

[Read the full article](https://fortune.com/2026/02/26/robot-disruption-fast-food-short-order-cook-flippy-labor-shortage/) on Fortune to explore how robotics is reshaping the future of restaurants.

<https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/fast-efficient-and-automated-the-future-of-quick-service-restaurants/>

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