When paying 20-30 thousand for a piece of equipment. The chances of it breaking down better be rare. Tho I suspect it wont be a disaster to have to wait for a few hours for a tech to arrive when you don't have to pay by the hour. Worst comes to worst. Dont be a cheapo and get a backup.
As for appearance. Completely and utterly meaningless. This is flipping burgers for 1-5 dollars a pop. This is not a fancy restaurant and I think acceptance will be higher because you don't have to worry about a robot spitting in your food or coming to work sick because money is tight.
And of course I mean both about warehouses. Computers already organize them. And robots would just take the place of the people working the equipment. That is basic AI and not hard at all in the scope of things.
I am talking industrial bots. I keep hearing about this (They wont be accepted because they look too robotly) But something tells me that a robot working an area of a farm or moving equipment around in a mine or even being in the kitchen of fast food will be ignored at worst and likely maveled.
I dont know about you but if I had two choices
Big Mac prepared as soon as the meat is cooked packed and ready to go within a few mins.
Big Mac prepared by tired cook wondering more about his date tonight than that vegtable he forgot to put on my order. Using meat that has been sitting around for 15 mins.
Ill go with the robot..
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