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This is one robot that can take the heat. "Flippy," a machine that costs $60,000 to $100,000, depending on its features, and is said to be capable of flipping 2,000 burgers a day, began helping out ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Flippy, the burger-flipping robot that threatens to supplant short-order cooks, has taken its first extended break. But the burger maker isn't blaming balky robotics for the snafu.

He was supposed to revolutionize a California fast food kitchen, churning out 150 burgers per hour without requiring a paycheck or benefits. But after a single day of working as a cook at a Caliburger ...