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by rm_-rf_slash 2918 days ago
I kinda see what you’re saying, but I think for the economics to work at scale (another person mentioned location) then the device should be small enough to fit in a food truck or a street vendor stand.

Once you have the size down to where you just need one person at a time operating it, I bet the big fast food companies will swarm all over the opportunity to create tens of thousands of micro-franchises.

Why drive for Uber when you could set up a mini McDonalds wherever the health department lets you get away with it?

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Yeah kind like a super duper high end vending machine at locations where there might be a person that normally is tasked with doing other stuff could do minimal burger robot maintenance (i.e. refill, clean at the end of the day, etc.). Like at a gas station, corner mom and pop grocery store, wework office lobby, etc.

Japanese Vending Machine Unboxing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Z80J3jOao