Robotic Nation Evidence

Robots in Fast Food Restaurants

McDonald's tests high-tech grill

From the article:

High-tech jobs may be moving overseas but one low-tech job Americans could always fall back on was flipping burgers at McDonald’s. THAT COULD CHANGE in the not-too-distant future. Later this year, a Chicago-area McDonald’s restaurant will fry up hamburgers with an automated grill that dispenses patties directly onto the griddle from a separate freezer compartment, reducing labor and promising fresher sandwiches.

A typical McDonald's restaurant has about 50 employees. If the kiosks eliminate 2 employees and the automated grills eliminate 2 employees, that's about 40,000 jobs lost in the U.S.