Food technology seems to be flourishing in California as robots cook up gourmet burgers in San Francisco and vending machines prepare ready-made Mexican burritos in Los Angeles.
Although some were expecting a future on hover boards, the creation of a burger robot and the Burrito Box seems to be sparking conversation between non-cyborgs about whether or not food should be prepared by automatons.
Coined as the “next generation of fast food” by its creators at Momentum Machines, the 24-square foot hamburger-producing “Alpha Machine” can prepare more than 300 burgers per hour, take custom orders and chop up toppings all by itself to provide the freshest burger possible.