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Originally posted by Adam Y.
Yeah but it is not like the people who used to flip buggers (if the robots replace them) will be able to fix the robots. Also if these robots do involve a lot of maintance then I doubt that McDonalds will use them. I recently read an article about how people at cash registers are also going the way of the hamburger flipper. Home Depot and according that article McDonalds are going to use automated machines.
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Hmm. A lot of retail stores in my area (Meijers, K-Marts, etc.) have installed U-Scan checkout lanes, where you scan your own items and pay the machine for them. There's usually only one person watching over four or five machines. Saves on labor expenses, but some of the stores have complained about people shoplifting from the U-Scan machines all the time. Automated checkouts are nice, but they bring their share of problems.