7月新刊推荐 | 机器人将彻底改变快餐业( 六 ) 对于餐饮行业而言

事实上，机器人在美国早已被应用。加州雷德伍德城有一家名为Chowbotics的公司，其生产的就是一款名为Sally的四方形机器人，她可以为通过触屏设备下单的用户制作沙拉。在帕洛阿尔托（美国旧金山附近城市）的一家咖啡馆里，我亲眼目睹她把莴苣、玉米、大麦和些许不慎捣碎的圣女果丁放进碗里。现在，美国几十家酒店都应用了一款名叫Botlr的机器人管家，其工作主要是为客人增添毛巾以及洗漱用具。

One robot, Flippy, can flip

150 burgers an hour. Ostensibly

, this is worrying. America’s economy isn’t humming along nearly as smoothly as Japan’s, and one of the few bright spots in recent years has been employment in restaurants and hotels, which have added more jobs than almost any other sector. That growth, in fact, has helped dull the blow that automation has delivered to other industries. The food-service and accommodation sector now employs 13.7 million Americans, up 38 percent since 2000. Since 2013, it has accounted for more jobs than manufacturing.