For kids today, singing animatronics are a staple of the horror video game genre, with Five Nights at Freddy’s raking in millions of dollars and launching a movie series. For the older crowd, however, they’re a nostalgic, yet sometimes off-putting memory of birthdays past. The most iconic of all animatronics were the Chuck E. Cheese Munch’s Make Believe Band and Showbiz Pizza Place’s Rock-afire Explosion bands, mascot characters for each brand that would mime singing and playing instruments. Something that is now seen as spooky and menacing was once an essential piece of atmosphere that made two kid focused pizza places a major part of the childhoods of hundreds of thousands of people. The histories of Chuck E.Cheese and Showbiz Pizza are intertwined, as one wouldn’t exist without the other. Nolan Bushnell, also known as one of the creators of the mainstream gaming console and the founder of Atari, had the idea for a kid-focused food and gaming establishment… Read the rest of this article on page 21 by clicking here!       Be sure to sign up to get Old School Gamer Magazine for free by clicking here!   The post ROBOTIC REMEMBRANCE – by John Michonski appeared first on Old School Gamer Magazine.

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Chipotle unveiled two robots that can perform tasks typically completed by human workers amid rising labor costs. “Chipotle Mexican Grill announced today Autocado, its avocado processing cobotic prototype developed in partnership with Vebu that cuts, cores, and peels avocados before they are hand mashed to create the restaurant’s signature guacamole, and the Augmented Makeline, a cobotic makeline built in collaboration with Hyphen, are being tested in Chipotle restaurants for the first time,” the company announced. “Autocado is currently operating at Chipotle’s Huntington Beach, Calif. location at 20972 Magnolia St and the Augmented Makeline is being utilized at the company’s Corona del Mar (CDM), Calif. location at 3050 East Coast Hwy,” it added. With recent legislation in the state bumping the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, it’s little surprise Chipotle debuted the robots in California. WATCH: Chipotle, $CMG, is testing bowl and salad making robots pic.twitter.com/2tkdzficxI — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 20, 2024 Daily Mail reports: The controversial wage hike – $4 more than the minimum wage in the state for any other job – was introduced by California Governor Gavin Newsom at chains with more than 60 locations in the US, and came into effect on April 1. Chains including Burger King have already ramped up the roll out of digital ordering kiosks to cut the number of cashiers needed in Californian restaurants. It is not yet clear how the production costs of using Chipotle’s new machines compares to human labor when making Chipotle menu items. It is also not yet apparent how many items the digital assembly line can make per hour compared to staff. However, Chipotle argued that using the machines was not just about ‘efficiencies’ but also about the consistency of its menu items. Chipotle sidesteps Newsom's minimum wage law and rolls out two 'robot employees' at its California restaurantshttps://t.co/6VAW8TeHz2 — VOZ (@Voz_US) September 21, 2024 “These cobotic devices could help us build a stronger operational engine that delivers a great experience for our team members and our guests while maintaining Chipotle’s high culinary standards,” said Curt Garner, Chief Customer and Technology Officer. “Optimizing our use of these systems and incorporating crew and customer feedback are the next steps in the stage-gate process before determining their broader pilot plans,” Garner added. From the New York Post: Many restaurant chains have in recent years rolled out technology that reduces the need for cashiers, such as self-service kiosks. Other California-based chains, Sweetgreen and Jack-in-the-Box, have also invested in private tech startups pitching a vision of burgers, fries and salad bowls made in large part by robots. However, generally fast-food workers juggle other tasks like greeting customers, sweeping the floor and retrieving supplies from a backroom — which most robots cannot handle, currently. Chipotle, which had revenue of nearly $9.9 billion last year, has not connected automation to the state’s wage hike. It has said employees who work with the automated bowl-and-salad maker will continue to make burritos and tacos, add side items and monitor the machines’ quality. The automated bowl-and-salad maker, which Chipotle calls its “augmented makeline,” automatically dispenses rice, corn, lettuce and other ingredient into a bowl beneath the counter. Chipotle said 65% of all digital orders are bowls and salads.

A U.S. Secret Service agent sustained injuries in Washington D.C. after reportedly accidentally shooting himself. “The agent, who was on duty, was handling his service weapon when the firearm discharged,” Fox News reports. The Secret Service told Fox News Digital it was a “negligent discharge.” Secret Service agent accidentally shoots himself in DC, in stable conditionhttps://t.co/QDPdhBxQ38 — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 23, 2024 Per Fox News: The USSS said the agent’s injuries were not life-threatening, adding that he was taken to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation. Lt. Paul Mayhair, a public information officer with the USSS Uniformed Division, added that there were no reported injuries to any other individuals. The Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility will be reviewing the facts and circumstances of this incident. Not a joke… Secret Service agent accidentally shoots himself; expected to surviveThe injury to the agent was not life threatening. -agent was on duty during the "negligent discharge" while he was handling his weapon shortly before 8 p.mhttps://t.co/x7ghoFjViG — Shadygrooove (@shadygrooove) September 23, 2024 FOX 5 DC reports: The USSS told Fox News Digital that the “negligent discharge” occurred near 32nd and Fessenden streets in the northwest section of the city just before 8 p.m. The agent, who was on duty, was handling his service weapon when the firearm discharged. “The Secret Service’s approval rating plummeted 23 points in a new Gallup poll largely conducted before the second assassination attempt on former President Trump just over a week ago,” Axios stated. Americans’ approval rating for Secret Service tumbles 23 points. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/Uhalq07Jzl — AF Post (@AFpost) September 23, 2024 From Axios: The poll found that the percentage of adults who say the Secret Service is doing an excellent or good job dropped to a 10-year low. Now, only 8% of U.S. adults rate the agency’s performance as “excellent” and 24% say it is “good.” Among self-identified Republicans and Republican leaning respondents, just 20% give the agency a positive rating — the lowest figure for the group to date. Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, the approval rating dropped by 18 points, to 47%. In 2014, just 43% of respondents rated the secret service as excellent or good after a series of security lapses, including an intruder who jumped the White House fence and entered the building.

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