But how do they compare to the original technique?
Chipotle is constantly testing out creative innovationsto take itsfast casual Mexican concept to new heights , and now , that strategy includes a disembodied robot arm . The burrito slinger lately announced the introduction of its AI kitchen helper — appropriately dubbed " Chippy"—in an effort to double the relish , texture , and crunch of its classic tortilla chips .
In partnership with Miso Robots , Chipotle has trained Chippy to create the " exact recipe " with all the same ingredients , including corn whiskey masa flour , water , and sunflower fossil oil . They are n’t , however , shooting for perfection . Like Chipotle ’s human staffers , Chippy makes each bite a piddling different .
" Everyone loves detect a check with a little more salt or an extra hint of lime , " Chipotle ’s Vice President of Culinary Nevielle Panthaky read ina statement . " To ensure we did n’t lose the world behind our culinary experience , we cultivate Chippy extensively to ensure the output mirror our current intersection , delivering some insidious variations in flavor that our guests expect . "
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Chippy is presently being examine at the chain ’s excogitation hub in Irvine , California , but with plans for further expansion . According to the statement , the engineering will be integrate at an nameless Southern California outpost while an even broader rollout will be find by employee and customer feedback thereafter .
" We ask our team members if we could find a good trap play for anything in the eating house , and what that would be , and up at the top of the lean was a better manner to make chips , " Chief Technology Officer Curt Garnertold CNBC . " We draw near it from a lense of what would make it light , more fun , more rewarding , and how do we take away some of the task that team phallus do n’t like and give them more sentence to rivet on the tasks that they do . "
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