Restaurant automation gives a glimpse into our working future: precarity, less respect for quality and experience, and more demands on humans

Since the automation, the kitchen is usually calm. Park no longer cooks. She monitors the machines, fixes glitches, restocks ingredients, and scrubs dishes, working fast before the next wave of orders crash in. “We each used to work in our own stations, but now we have to master every task to run the entire kitchen alone. It’s really challenging,” she said.

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A masked woman working alongside an automation robot. Pre-packaged foods in pre-stacked bowls are heated on demand and served by the robot arm.
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