Bob

mimo2005 · 08-10-2006, 10:21 PM

A COMPUTER has been appointed manager of a US fast-food restaurant chain. Hyperactive Bob, a kitchen production management computer system from Hyperactive Technologies, is being used by Zaxby's which makes takeaway chicken.

The AI computer system takes orders and gives them to staff working at each restaurant.

It uses robotic vision to count the cars in the parking lot, gathers feedback from employees and collects point-of-sale information in real time.

From a management view it can look at historical data to learn about each restaurant and can work out when each one needs staff and other resources. Employees are told how much of which foods to cook and when the food is ready, they tell the computer.

The whole lot runs on .Net and gathers its data by from sensors and cameras installed around the resturant.

This means that that human staff are just the hands and additional sensors of a machine. We are sure that workers at chicken fast-food restaurants already knew that, but up until now it been a figurative rather than literal reality.

The computer is unlikely to attend any leaving bashes for staff down at the local boozer.

more infos :
http://www.livescience.com/scienceof...ctive_bob.html

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Sensing the environment:
The system uses robotic vision to count the cars in the parking lot, gathers feedback from employees and collects point-of-sale information in real time.
Artificial Intelligence:
Hyperactive Bob analyzes historical and real-time data to learn about each restaurant individually. Hyperactive Technologies claims that HB is more accurate than most seasoned employees.
Taking Charge:
Hyperactive Bob uses touch screens to tell employees what to do. Employees are instructed how much of which foods to cook; when the food is ready, they tell HB.

95five-0 · 08-11-2006, 06:47 AM

Didn't we make robots to do work for us and not the other way around?

Zazula · 08-11-2006, 07:09 AM

But they do work for humans, 95five-0, they do; e.g. Bob works perfect for Zaxby's stakeholders...

bry623 · 08-11-2006, 08:29 AM

You Brits could order microfiche and computer chips!

08-11-2006, 06:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
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08-11-2006, 07:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,643 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	But they do work for humans, 95five-0, they do; e.g. Bob works perfect for Zaxby's stakeholders... __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

08-11-2006, 08:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 10,621 OS: winxp pro sp2	You Brits could order microfiche and computer chips! __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." -Ronald Reagan