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The maker of Flippy is now selling the software behind the robot

Miso Robotics' CookRight platform can identify food placed on the grill and tell staff how to make it.
Cook using CookRight product at grill
Photograph courtesy of Miso Robotics

Restaurants can now buy the technology that powers Flippy the automated fry cook—without the robot.

Miso Robotics, the maker of Flippy, on Tuesday unveiled a software product called CookRight, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to guide kitchen workers at the grill. The idea is to reduce errors and food waste and make the kitchen more efficient.

"It’s almost like cooking for dummies," said Miso CEO Buck Jordan.

The company is not shifting its focus away from Flippy, he said, but it wanted to offer restaurants some of the benefits of automation minus the major step of putting a robot in the kitchen. The only hardware associated with CookRight is two cameras and a tablet, and restaurants can install it themselves.

The software integrates with a restaurant's POS system. As soon as an item is placed on the grill, CookRight can identify it within 96% accuracy and will guide staff through the cooking process step by step, indicating when to flip a steak, for instance, and when to take it off. It can also coordinate timing so that food is served fresh for multiple guests at one table, or is ready as soon as a delivery driver is supposed to arrive.

That can help ease the "cognitive load" on kitchen staff and reduce the time restaurants spend on training and quality assurance, Jordan said. CookRight also offers real-time data that allows operators to supervise workflows and monitor product levels.

For Miso, the platform expands its market beyond the fast-food burger and fry concepts that are currently Flippy's specialty. Any type of restaurant can use it to support the grill station. 

"Miso is hyper-focused on QSR, but with CookRight we can get into fast-casual and fine dining," he said.

CookRight costs $100 a month, and there is no setup fee. It's currently being piloted with a "large chain" that Jordan said will be announced shortly.

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