McDonald's Burger Cooking Custom LEGO Machine vs. Man | Robot vs. Worker

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  • Can a worker be beat by a roboticist's machine made of bricks?
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    With the robot takeover as one of man's biggest fears, a McDonald's worker and I decide to demonstrate the battle in a friendly competition between man and machine.
    This McDonald's hamburger robot assembles and cooks burgers to order at the command of a human tapping a touchscreen. With numerous burger possibilities, customers pay by card a price determined by their Consequently, a burger symphony assembles the burger just like a real human.
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    As a LEGO® fanatic and vending machine enthusiast, Marcel, the founder of Astonishing Studios, stumbled across a UA-cam video that changed his life: a LEGO Candy Machine. After scrutinizing every similar creation on UA-cam and building his own, he decided to share his work online. What began as a curiosity evolved into a full time venture, now ranking as the most popular LEGO® food channel and among the top focused on LEGO® bricks in general.
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  • @headsman5960
    @headsman5960 3 роки тому +2173

    A TABLESPOON OF EACH? "Would like some burger with your sauce sir?"

    • @bangz7879
      @bangz7879 3 роки тому +21

      Thats not much

    • @headsman5960
      @headsman5960 3 роки тому +145

      @@bangz7879 Figured it out. 1 tablespoon is not a lot for a single sauce. The big mac for example has 1 tbsp of mac sauce. The issue is the ratio, whilst a tablespoon of ketchup would suffice, any additional sauces (like mustard) would have to be added at a reduced rate i.e 1/2 a teaspoon. So whilst 1 tbsp isn't much, having 3 tbsp total of sauce is in fact way too much.

    • @AbsoluteChazmania
      @AbsoluteChazmania 3 роки тому +30

      @@headsman5960 Not to mention typically in a ratio comparison the usual amount of mustard is actually less than 1/10th the amount of ketchup in an actual mcdonalds burger.

    • @rowynnecrowley1689
      @rowynnecrowley1689 3 роки тому +14

      @@headsman5960 A standard burger does not have a tablespoon of anything. Ketchup and Mustard is just a squirt each. I'm not even sure if both together would equal 1T. The Mac Sauce, MAYBE. Maybe if you're counting onions and pickles it might come out to 3T, but I doubt it.

    • @headsman5960
      @headsman5960 3 роки тому +4

      @@rowynnecrowley1689 I was going off of recipes I found online as I've never worked at McDonalds, thanks for the info.

  • @dratrav
    @dratrav 3 роки тому +1775

    i mean this one was made by one dude with a toaster and legos lmao, imagine a team of engineers with a basically unlimited amount of money-making one

    • @Buttonmstr
      @Buttonmstr 3 роки тому +90

      Especially with the price of minimum wage going up everywhere. It used to be a low incentive to do the R&D to automate this process because of how expensive it is and how cheap humans were to do this technically "difficult" task. Now that humans are becoming more expensive, automation is looking like a much better option.

    • @kevinduliesco5468
      @kevinduliesco5468 3 роки тому +5

      Stonks*

    • @korinogaro
      @korinogaro 3 роки тому +18

      Well this is near future, no human cooks in Mc's etc. With Biden's 16$/h welfare cheques no-one wants to work for 15$/h. So what before was a problem (high cost of initial investment in machines in comparison to hiring and training people) now is only viable solution to the problem of lack of workers.

    • @redart4742
      @redart4742 3 роки тому +18

      @@Buttonmstr Tbh they can't even keep have of their machines running most of the time how will they be able to keep anything complex running ?

    • @Buttonmstr
      @Buttonmstr 3 роки тому +33

      @@redart4742 I actually watched a video recently that that was intentional for their ice cream machines. Corporate McDs and Taylor (the ice cream machine company) have an exclusivity contract so that franchisees HAVE to use Taylor. Then Taylor intentionally makes it difficult to read code errors so that the franchisees have to call a Taylor technician to come out and most of them just don’t want to. The dude in the video actually did tons of research for the video. It seemed really believable.

  • @nekolette.
    @nekolette. 3 роки тому +1143

    McDonalds should hire this guy to build an ice cream machine that isn't broken all the time.

  • @OneTwoFive0
    @OneTwoFive0 3 роки тому +581

    People: “don’t worry, McDonalds workers won’t get replaced any time soon”
    This guy which made an automated burger cooker out of lego bricks:

    • @ashstark2656
      @ashstark2656 3 роки тому +10

      well they also have easier access to than 4 drawers so it could be faster

    • @point-five-oh6249
      @point-five-oh6249 3 роки тому +7

      @Chris Bogan Yes, but also you have to take into account that this one machine does the job of like 3 people (sandwich assembly, cook, cashier). All you truly need at that point is someone at the window and someone to fry the burger. It was also made by a hobbyist with LEGO bricks and spare electronics, not someone with millions to throw to invest into professionally made automated systems. Also from what I remember when I worked fast food in my teen years, most of the cooking is done for you. We had a double grill where all you did was lay down a few patties, closed the top grill, and pressed the button for the size of the patties (1/8lb, for dollar burgers and 1/4lb for signatures) and the button was just a timer. Once the timer was done all you did was tossed the cooked patties towards sandwich assembly and then it's wrapped up and sent out. The machine already did like 80% of the work. All the cooks were really doing was making sure there wasn't a grease fire. I imagine had the quarter pounder machine been professionally made with a lot more money into it, that it would also cook the patties considering it's not hard to program timers, I mean you can get a toaster for $10 on Amazon and it cooks based on an internal clock.

    • @point-five-oh6249
      @point-five-oh6249 3 роки тому

      @MrMooMoo Gaming nice troll attempt bro. Got eeem

    • @michaelmoody9145
      @michaelmoody9145 3 роки тому +12

      Except he cheated by pre cooking his burgers and not allowing Mike to pre cook his. If Mike had been able to use pre cooked burgers kept warm his time would have dropped to about 50 seconds per burger. I did not understand why 2 1/2 minutes were added to the order? for the ordering time? If you have ever actually gone into a McDonalds you would see burgers sitting ready to go.

    • @Hidfuskno
      @Hidfuskno 3 роки тому

      @@michaelmoody9145 it's to be able to tie it because in the Lego brick machine you need to wait for everything

  • @_ghost.house_3008
    @_ghost.house_3008 3 роки тому +388

    i’m just gonna say this now, as a mcdonald’s worker. best case scenario, on the grills, a quarter pounder is timed to be down for about 60 seconds. in that time, we toast the buns, and assemble everything on top, so at most, actually making the sandwich only takes about a minute, just because that’s how long it takes for the meat to cook, as quarter pounders are made to order. everything else is made or order upon special requests, or we take it from a tray (i.e, regular burgers, mcchicken, nuggets, etc,). all the extra time it takes to get to you is the people up front actually putting everything else together, not us in the back.

    • @kristenlombard7449
      @kristenlombard7449 3 роки тому +7

      For real for real

    • @Meehoggy
      @Meehoggy 3 роки тому +6

      60 seconds for quarter wtf be different in usa we have it down for like 140 i think. Gotta season it and get it off the grill and put new tray liner in the tray aswell remember thats like an extra 10-15 seconds

    • @aidencarter5093
      @aidencarter5093 3 роки тому +5

      @@Meehoggy its 90 seconds for us why is your guy's quarter down for so long??

    • @redoned.8446
      @redoned.8446 3 роки тому +3

      Damn, my one is 30 minutes tops. And we’re supposed to be a fast restaurant.

    • @Meehoggy
      @Meehoggy 3 роки тому +1

      @@aidencarter5093 Guessing its different grills so the cooking time is different probably lol

  • @anakinweaver3641
    @anakinweaver3641 3 роки тому +383

    The McDonald's worker looks like he moves slow but makes it in a minute

    • @integrity.
      @integrity. 3 роки тому +39

      He's pretty slow compared to the maccas workers I work with, however he uses his time efficiently enough to pull through, the difference being in a normal restaurant they have assigned stations like grilling the meat topping the burgers ect.

    • @PaperJedi
      @PaperJedi 3 роки тому +16

      And worst part is someone would still complain it's too slow. After 15 years of managing fastfood I do not miss it one bit. #respectforfastfoodworkers.

    • @technologydragon305
      @technologydragon305 3 роки тому +5

      Not only that but the thing that we do have to remember is that he hasn't worked at a McDonald's in how long? I don't remember it being mentioned but he most certainly has gotten rusty from his time away
      Not that it's a bad thing, but still a variable at play

    • @Tom-wg5om
      @Tom-wg5om 3 роки тому +8

      @@PaperJedi 'I've been waiting 20 minutes' I look to my left and see 270 seconds on counter since he STARTED placing his order. People make me laugh.

    • @integrity.
      @integrity. 3 роки тому +1

      @@Tom-wg5om people also make me want to bang my head in a woodchipper

  • @soupWRLD
    @soupWRLD 3 роки тому +460

    the fact that you had to add time to his means he already won lol. also, his skillet would have already been hot and the cheese isn’t wrapped individually. the robot cuts corners by having the burger already cooked. if anything, you should have added time to the robot.

    • @brendank
      @brendank 3 роки тому +35

      A decent defense however is that he didn't need to cook the buns at all

    • @ghostman4735
      @ghostman4735 3 роки тому +4

      How about the iPad and sensors?

    • @QuackZack
      @QuackZack 3 роки тому +1

      @@brendank 30-60 second toast time on a skillet vs 150 seconds tacked on for the burger.
      Yes still unfair advantage because skillet is able to toast faster than a toaster, but better than more than a 2x time penalty.

    • @antonmuffin6214
      @antonmuffin6214 3 роки тому

      id imagine they would have some sort of machine that cooks a bunch of burgers and one that toast multiple buns at the same time, a lot of stuff is made before you order it any ways, and they would be using something more robust then this lego machine

    • @Hippopotalust
      @Hippopotalust 3 роки тому +13

      No to mention he precooked the meat prior to putting it in the robot and had the human cook it from not only raw but also frozen. It should have been a deduction in time for the human, not a penalty. This is what happens when people decide their results and then try to cram their experiment parameters into the tiny box of their preselected outcome.

  • @lanafair2625
    @lanafair2625 3 роки тому +22

    To people who think his burger was pre-made, it takes 50 seconds to grill the patty, during which the entire bun can be toasted and assembled AND then the worker still has plenty of time to do other things before the patty is ready and the classic hamburger is wrapped up and ready to serve so yeah, it is possible to get a fresh burger within the amount of time it took him to drive from ordering station to getting the order

  • @WARREN_G_III_Official
    @WARREN_G_III_Official 3 роки тому +2185

    This contest doesn't seem fair. The machine cooked the buns as well as the meat, but the McDonald's worker left the bread cold.

    • @MemexDie
      @MemexDie 3 роки тому +376

      not only this, also the machine lost a lot of time putting way too much sauce on that bun

    • @thenoicemango1827
      @thenoicemango1827 3 роки тому +217

      Bro use your brain the machine used pre cooked meat

    • @facelesskat4799
      @facelesskat4799 3 роки тому +99

      @@thenoicemango1827 bro watch the video again he said he only cooked it a little to dry it out and put a little color on the outside it’s still pretty raw on the inside

    • @AA-ronPlayz
      @AA-ronPlayz 3 роки тому +78

      @@MemexDie wow u guys are not gonna give that guy some credit he beat a machine u guy’s cmon 😒🙄

    • @thenoicemango1827
      @thenoicemango1827 3 роки тому +27

      @@facelesskat4799 exactly he still cooked it. My point still stands

  • @camhesse1
    @camhesse1 3 роки тому +743

    FYI, I’m pretty sure ur burger was already cooked by the time you got there when you bought one AT McDonald. So that minute and a half does not include cooking the quarter pounder from scratch

    • @meercreate
      @meercreate 3 роки тому +68

      They use a clamshell grill at McDonald's, kinda like a george foreman grill, so it cooks twice as fast as a flattop and flipping

    • @zomega4075
      @zomega4075 3 роки тому +25

      @@meercreate And then they store it until needed

    • @verysudankbois6833
      @verysudankbois6833 3 роки тому +15

      @@zomega4075 youre actually not supposed to store the burger, atleast where i work at

    • @topankin944
      @topankin944 3 роки тому +6

      @@acrylicshard y’all must be hardcore on that 4:1 then. They usually take like 120 seconds

    • @meercreate
      @meercreate 3 роки тому +1

      @@acrylicshard Is that why a lot of the meat is dry?

  • @RobTheDudeOG
    @RobTheDudeOG 3 роки тому +20

    with the last round it became clear that having each sauce come out seperately kind of bottlenecked.
    having them come out all at once (if ordered of course) would save on quite a few seconds.
    other than that the box dispenser also takes too much time, perhaps make a mechanism where it drops on it's bottom on the belt by sliding down a ramp rather than it's current method.
    and as a last note, perhaps start making the buns first, then do the box part as this saves time on cooking somewhat.

  • @OneTwoFive0
    @OneTwoFive0 3 роки тому +47

    “What’s the 6th sense you are tapping into which tells you when it’s ready to be turned”
    “Idk it’s in my DNA”
    That’s the sadest response I’ve heard this week

    • @sunflower8227
      @sunflower8227 3 роки тому

      that's cool and sad. i want to give him a hug

  • @Sempermac
    @Sempermac 3 роки тому +644

    He didn’t toast the buns. Auto win for lego machine.

    • @cnowiscool
      @cnowiscool 3 роки тому +28

      That’s what I thought too!

    • @RobertPendell
      @RobertPendell 3 роки тому +58

      The bun isn't actually toasted at McDonalds anyways so Mike was more accurate about it. However I think the machine should have been given the win due to that additional work adding time.

    • @dylanbreault3019
      @dylanbreault3019 3 роки тому +53

      @@RobertPendell McDonald’s employee here yes we actually do toast every bun on every sandwich except for the fish filet which is steamed and we also add ketchup mustard onions and cheese to every burger mcchickens get mayo and lettuce and fish filet get tartar sauce and cheese

    • @druid-exe
      @druid-exe 3 роки тому +9

      @@dylanbreault3019 facts about 9 secs for our toasted and 12 for our steamed

    • @shanewhite4256
      @shanewhite4256 3 роки тому +3

      @@dylanbreault3019 am I correct in remembering that the time for the quarter pounder patty is 120sec at 218 degrees c

  • @DavidSeymourofficial
    @DavidSeymourofficial 3 роки тому +1458

    i dont care who its from just save me one pls

  • @it.sy.
    @it.sy. Рік тому +7

    i hate how everyones like “oh the man is actually 2.87 seconds faster” but nobody talks about how AMAZING this is engineered! Bravo sir.

  • @alexiaandreas4299
    @alexiaandreas4299 3 роки тому +63

    when assembling burgers at mcdonalds we have a cabinet that is has slots to where we have 10 patties being warmed already cooked so it takes about 40 seconds to make a big mac

    • @hrpdrp97
      @hrpdrp97 3 роки тому +1

      I dont think they do that in the uk, pretty sure meat kept warm for hours is just a US thing
      fun fact, did you know bacteria forms on warm meat in only 20 minutes?

    • @freddie4376
      @freddie4376 3 роки тому +3

      @@hrpdrp97 Nope we have it the same in the UK

    • @caelodevorago608
      @caelodevorago608 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@hrpdrp97 Did you also know they don't keep it for anything longer than 20 minutes? Some places even cut it down to 15. They also, absolutely, do do it in the UK.

    • @hrpdrp97
      @hrpdrp97 3 роки тому

      @@caelodevorago608 ah, but many places in the us leave it all day (I worked in fast food, many did that, never order breakfast sammiches in the us, that is the worst kept one of all, at least where ive been, and none have been shut down or even got new management, its kindof a mess around my area specifically

    • @hhprincess647
      @hhprincess647 3 роки тому

      @@hrpdrp97 everybody take a look at this guy. yeah, the one with the superiority complex. 😳

  • @ElectryDragonite
    @ElectryDragonite 3 роки тому +2949

    Next level video production. On top of that the machine is the best one you've ever made.

    • @Francois_McCrary
      @Francois_McCrary 3 роки тому +8

      Agree but u are also amazing i live your machine to

    • @brickmanmosaicart2244
      @brickmanmosaicart2244 3 роки тому +2

      @ElectryDragonite Your Lego McDonald's Machine with the Pepsi and Burger heater does that come with any tutorial I would absolutely love to have a tutorial

    • @brickmanmosaicart2244
      @brickmanmosaicart2244 3 роки тому +3

      Or the Kit Kat one

    • @AstonishingStudios
      @AstonishingStudios  3 роки тому +71

      Your newest video did a commendable job using audio, so I decided to do the same. Gad you complemented both the engineering and video aspects!

    • @Francois_McCrary
      @Francois_McCrary 3 роки тому +5

      @@AstonishingStudios u are amazing the best i tried making your McDonald’s machine

  • @lazwalks3823
    @lazwalks3823 3 роки тому +779

    i’d like to add that your machine toasted the buns while mike didn’t. i think it’s makes a huge difference

    • @Mixarar
      @Mixarar 3 роки тому +16

      This took about 2 minutes.

    • @lazwalks3823
      @lazwalks3823 3 роки тому +9

      @@femme_fatalist well the test with the human worker, he didn’t toast the buns which was what i meant

    • @georgiarose5319
      @georgiarose5319 3 роки тому +12

      pretty sure thats what the time added on was for.

    • @ItsFerdiNah
      @ItsFerdiNah 3 роки тому +1

      I mean its not fair

    • @MrRedpanda2442
      @MrRedpanda2442 3 роки тому +36

      @@ItsFerdiNah what about the machine not cooking the meat it was precooked it was just thrown into the toaster to warm it up that seems a bit unfair

  • @siubijeni7986
    @siubijeni7986 3 роки тому +28

    All I could think every time the machine was up... that is so much mustard.

  • @Greenday4537
    @Greenday4537 3 роки тому +90

    Does the machine have everything requested? Yes. But handmade definitely crushes it in presentation. Also you didn't count the time you had to take it out and fold it yourself, but you counted folding and closing the box against the human.

    • @coolbrotherj
      @coolbrotherj 2 роки тому +1

      well also the burger was cooked in the Lego and Mike had Raw meat

    • @CheesyCrusaggy
      @CheesyCrusaggy 2 роки тому

      The cook still won tho

  • @ratchetfriendz
    @ratchetfriendz 3 роки тому +414

    Build a machine that cleans itself. Until you do there is no argument here.

    • @battlebob
      @battlebob 3 роки тому +16

      What do you think the manager will do? As the only employee.

    • @governmentghost01
      @governmentghost01 3 роки тому +33

      Of course the machine will still need to be cleaned, stocked, and calibrated from time to time, but that can all be done by a single individual instead of a team of 15

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 3 роки тому +2

      Oh like the ice cream machine

    • @AstonishingStudios
      @AstonishingStudios  3 роки тому +36

      Actually that is in my list of ideas, as an added feature of an ice cream machine. However, I have yet to imagine how I could pull it off.

    • @wellsilver3972
      @wellsilver3972 3 роки тому

      @@AstonishingStudios maybe water proof and just throwing water at it?

  • @josgandos6655
    @josgandos6655 3 роки тому +167

    This feels like when SpongeBob vs Squidward's automatic machine

  • @KodyCrimson
    @KodyCrimson 3 роки тому +50

    The only thing that annoys me is that he counts the time the man takes to close up the box but doesn't do that for the robot (by that I mean him closing it). If you take that into consideration, the man wins all three times.

    • @gabilzy3015
      @gabilzy3015 3 роки тому +11

      To be fair, the guy doesn’t toast the buns which allows him to add the toppings well in advance of the burger so in a way, it evens out

    • @moridain
      @moridain 3 роки тому

      Also the machine starts with precooked patties, while he has to start from scratch.
      And he can do more than two in a row.

    • @yousuckatdrawing
      @yousuckatdrawing 3 роки тому +1

      @Nybbl er (Nybbler) No there always needs to be a human at the drive-thru window there to frown at you when you ask for more than one sachet of ketchup for your meal.

    • @mxxn7092
      @mxxn7092 3 роки тому +2

      Even if we don’t count the box timing the man still wins? So what the duck do you have to be annoyed about lol

    • @patchyjackieperson5632
      @patchyjackieperson5632 Рік тому

      don't even worry about it as a current mcdonalds employee im surprised the machine wasnt faster. it takes me about 1 minute to get everything out by myself. that includes toating the bun cooking the meat and puting everything on and that is if im working kitchen by myself. (which happens when i close because under staffed.) so if i have all my coworkers its even less.

  • @lll0000008
    @lll0000008 3 роки тому +9

    The machine should've won because Mike didn't toast the buns

  • @ratstsan5356
    @ratstsan5356 3 роки тому +177

    It's all fun games until McDonald actually hire him

    • @tccccc237
      @tccccc237 3 роки тому +3

      no need coz mcdonald's has already a high end machine equipments

    • @siannarolls8619
      @siannarolls8619 3 роки тому +2

      @@tccccc237 They don't have a machine like this

    • @felicitylaureano5018
      @felicitylaureano5018 3 роки тому

      @@tccccc237 no they don’t 😂

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 3 роки тому

      Nah they won't. He's not wearing a mask in public.

  • @karenmclennan7976
    @karenmclennan7976 3 роки тому +434

    If robots are tacking over, they aren’t gonna take over McDonald’s

    • @meilinramelb5511
      @meilinramelb5511 3 роки тому +9

      Karen McLennan@ taking*

    • @loganstudios7729
      @loganstudios7729 3 роки тому +14

      NOOO I DONT WANT TO BE TACKLED

    • @24kchxrrybomzz19
      @24kchxrrybomzz19 3 роки тому +2

      𝕀𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕜𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕆𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕕 ✰

    • @humanoid7385
      @humanoid7385 3 роки тому +4

      @@brennanfontenot9923 lol what

    • @Moto_Waters
      @Moto_Waters 3 роки тому

      Ya i was an employ 2 weeks ago. And i could have done it faster. So could he and i mean a lot faster. HBO.

  • @wayneegli8379
    @wayneegli8379 3 роки тому +22

    The difference over time is that the robot, while it requires electricity, maintenance, and stocking, ultimately will be paid for multiple times over. The robot can work up to 168 hours per week with its only pay being the electricity it uses.
    Supervisors can stock at the same rate as directing staff. Obviously, larger stores will benefit first, but ultimately, smaller machines will replace most workers.

  • @pokethedead4403
    @pokethedead4403 3 роки тому +118

    As a McDonald’s worker the machine does everything wrong

  • @jamesshaw1234
    @jamesshaw1234 3 роки тому +65

    “If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean” - I thought that was just something one of the shift leaders made up at McDonald’s when I worked there haha and that was a UK McDonald’s, didn’t realise it was an actual thing

    • @whiskeyrivers701
      @whiskeyrivers701 3 роки тому +4

      I worked as a grocery store cashier for 4 years and we got told this often by our supervisors when it was slow lol

    • @Broox327
      @Broox327 3 роки тому +1

      @@whiskeyrivers701 Can confirm. I worked at a grocery store as well, and we were told this alllllll the time. We also had one called "Time to talk, time to walk" meaning, if you had time to stand around and talk to each other, you had time to walk around and see if customers needed any help.

    • @jamirgordon9745
      @jamirgordon9745 3 роки тому

      Yep, our GM says that sometimes at my McDonald’s.

  • @Vanillagamer23
    @Vanillagamer23 3 роки тому +75

    That is literally what my McDonald's says: "if you got time to lean you got time to clean".

    • @eaglesniper4263
      @eaglesniper4263 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @trekkie117
      @trekkie117 3 роки тому +5

      Maximum wealth extraction for minimum remuneration

    • @kilsnacks
      @kilsnacks 3 роки тому

      Ive never worked at McDonald’s but as someone who is in the management field I firmly believe stuff like that makes sense. You don’t get paid to stand around you get paid to work always something that can be done.

    • @trekkie117
      @trekkie117 3 роки тому +6

      @@kilsnacks You also don't get paid what you earn. The company takes the lion's share of that, and increases the workload (in ways that are not reflected in pay) in order to maximize wealth extraction while minimizing remuneration. McDonalds is ALREADY stealing from it's employees. The don't need another free meal

    • @trekkie117
      @trekkie117 3 роки тому +6

      @@kilsnacks also, if you're working at a business that isn't just completely inviable, time to lean means you did efficient work and have earned lean time. Just because you're being paid AT ALL doesn't mean you have to be in perpetual motion.
      You REALLY should have to pay more for that kind of frenetic action. And don't even get me started on the fuckawful safety conditions working fast food. It's like they're TRYING to get you injured

  • @updfdrakkell143
    @updfdrakkell143 3 роки тому +8

    as someone with 15 years food service exp, having multiple things cooking at a time is better. if the bun and burger were heated at the same time and were released when finished. Try grabbing a person with alot of FS exp when you try to redo it

  • @zingidragon4364
    @zingidragon4364 2 роки тому +1

    Rewatching this after a few years. The reason why mike is able to win is because he is able to start placing the other items on the burger while the patty is cooking. Maybe you could code that in to reduce time

  • @bostoncleek8955
    @bostoncleek8955 3 роки тому +938

    My man!

  • @eddieramirez8292
    @eddieramirez8292 3 роки тому +37

    It's actually a pretty good idea. Remove the box from the equation, add a bigger hopper for both buns and burgers, and a few more hoppers for toppings, place your sauces more central, and your barbeques can become legendary

  • @lucyreds
    @lucyreds 3 роки тому

    Mike´s attitude is the best

  •  Рік тому

    Dude thanks a bunch for sharing this, it's amazing!
    I'm currently working on something similar and as you said this topic is so niche that there's very few people who can talk at all those levels.
    Nice work

  • @levimcgillis6339
    @levimcgillis6339 3 роки тому +414

    honestly theres probably a vending machine that already does this in japan.

    • @GeorgeMonet
      @GeorgeMonet 3 роки тому +21

      There is.

    • @caelodevorago608
      @caelodevorago608 3 роки тому +4

      @Deborah Ajao No. They do have ones that cook things. They have a pizza vending machine, well, the pizzas aren't much better than any standard frozen pizza (Which are not cooked) really, but yes, they have vending machines that properly do cook foods

    • @cooliodiablo4571
      @cooliodiablo4571 3 роки тому +9

      @Caelo de Vorago Those pizza machines are just reheating frozen pizzas bro, they aren’t actually cooking pizza…Do you know what it takes to actually make a pizza?? You’ve got to make dough, then let it rise. Cut it into pieces, then need the air out of it. Then you got to toss it to stretch or roll it out I suppose. Then it’s ready for toppings. You think all of that is going on in those pizza machines? No. What was said above is correct. Those machines only reheat premade foods.

    • @nebulisnoobis102
      @nebulisnoobis102 2 роки тому

      @@cooliodiablo4571 there are actually robots that make pizzas, not just reheated ones but full on pizzas.

    • @MrRusty-fm4gb
      @MrRusty-fm4gb 2 роки тому

      White Castle

  • @sadarot
    @sadarot 3 роки тому +156

    Imagine if they have a burger Maschine and it breaks as often as the icecream one.

    • @mindylila6970
      @mindylila6970 3 роки тому

      Omg, underrated comment!!

    • @anney2712
      @anney2712 3 роки тому +2

      Lmao. I tot its only a such problem in my country (Malaysia) 😂

    • @ecw105
      @ecw105 3 роки тому +3

      Weirdly enough it normally isn’t broken. It’s actually being cleaned.... for some reason tho we say it is which I don’t understand but hey what am I to say😂😂

    • @idkidk4334
      @idkidk4334 3 роки тому +1

      Sorry my poor Taylor c606 freezer is overworked from all the shamrocks. How would you like working 18 hour shifts 7 days a week lol

    • @mimikyumemes2189
      @mimikyumemes2189 3 роки тому

      grammar

  • @tomkeehn7621
    @tomkeehn7621 3 роки тому +13

    Why toast the bun when the employee doesn't, that added over a minute to your time.

    • @thomasr3978
      @thomasr3978 3 роки тому

      the machine also uses a pre-cooked burger the employee cooked the burger from scratch - he also gave the machine an extra 2:30 to make the burger

  • @FireDoesStuff
    @FireDoesStuff 2 роки тому

    The best part about the Quarter Pounder with Cheese at McDonald’s is it’s cooked to order unlike the regular beef patties used for cheeseburgers, Big Macs, etc., which are prepared in groups of 8 to 16 so they’re ready for the burger’s assembly. The cook to order aspect is great for videos like this since he tested the speed of how long it would take for the Quarter Pounder to get to him.
    Sincerely,
    An ex-McDonald’s employee

  • @seanscrafts
    @seanscrafts 3 роки тому +195

    Welcome back 🤠

  • @senthilpalanisamy151
    @senthilpalanisamy151 3 роки тому +1005

    What happens when a Lego builder becomes a Robotics graduate?
    Answer: AstonishingStudios 2.0

  • @kumichan3259
    @kumichan3259 3 роки тому

    Love the touch of AOT music at 5:09

  • @sezzie6255
    @sezzie6255 3 роки тому +208

    This has so many variables in it that are effecting the man score, in a restaurant the patty is most likely pre cooked, they have easy access toppings that do not have to be accessed through notichy draws and bottles with lids... the table is also extremely low which looks to be effecting the performance.

    • @GenuineA-HOLE
      @GenuineA-HOLE 3 роки тому +6

      It’s around the same time as a regular worker. They also stop fine when the burger is cooking because they know that’s how it works.

    • @AWriterWandering
      @AWriterWandering Рік тому +5

      No, McDonald’s does cook the burgers in the restaurant. Though they use a machine that grills them on both sides simultaneously, similar to what his toaster is doing. And yes, the toppings are all laid out to be accessed very quickly.

    • @bingchilling8586
      @bingchilling8586 Рік тому +2

      @@AWriterWandering most of the orders the burgers are already cooked and stored in the UHC, so they are cooked in the restaurant but in batches and stored for up to 15 mins

    • @Medbread
      @Medbread Рік тому +10

      As a Mcdonald's employee, I can tell you pretty much any of the sandwiches on the menu can be made in like under a minute. Even if the burger itself begins raw when the timer starts, the person who cooks the meat on the grill is not the same person who assembles the burger.
      Usually, if I need a quarter pounder (which are always cooked to order and uses never frozen beef), I tell the grill guy to drop a Quarter, then toast the buns while I prep other stuff, then I put the sauces, toppings, and cheese. By the time I'm done with that, the patty is ready, and I can put it on the burger and close the box.

  • @HalloweenAppel
    @HalloweenAppel 3 роки тому +82

    The mcdonald employee and the machine: 4 minutes to make a burger
    Mcdonalds in my country: 2 fricking years to make a single burger

    • @nb2044
      @nb2044 3 роки тому +1

      Look on the bright side, that means its probably a fresh burger.

    • @zaidanhakim1072
      @zaidanhakim1072 3 роки тому +1

      2 years for waiting the cow to grownup and take the meat

  • @MikeCordeiro666
    @MikeCordeiro666 3 роки тому +4

    The thing is: the time you take to set the machine with all the ingredients also SHOULD count!! The machine itself won't go fetch the ingredients. It still needs human interaction.

    • @pro-zt5um
      @pro-zt5um 2 роки тому

      The person also have to get the ingredients also

  • @mrmercury9389
    @mrmercury9389 3 роки тому +12

    I feel like the robot was at a disadvantage due to it having to toast the buns while the worker did not, it might have saved little time but is still a factor.

    • @colette_-ld2ty
      @colette_-ld2ty 3 роки тому +1

      Yes but the wiener didn’t have pre cooked meat

  • @juliah7492
    @juliah7492 3 роки тому +216

    The guy doesn't tost the bread
    Or take money.
    Something unfair...

    • @SiddharthLh
      @SiddharthLh 3 роки тому +1

      Guy don't toast bread,

    • @juliah7492
      @juliah7492 3 роки тому

      Or take money.

    • @colette_-ld2ty
      @colette_-ld2ty 3 роки тому +14

      And the guy didn’t get pre cooked patty’s all the toaster does is warm it up

    • @t.estable3856
      @t.estable3856 3 роки тому +5

      The machine gets an extra 2:30 over his time to account for that though.

    • @juliah7492
      @juliah7492 3 роки тому

      @@t.estable3856 your right. But it seems funny.

  • @Jrtjazmyne
    @Jrtjazmyne 3 роки тому +87

    The fact that the machine not only works, but looks really cool is amazing.

  • @circumferenced
    @circumferenced Рік тому

    man I remember watching yo videos since the start of your channel, I knew you were gonna be something special!

  • @MsBigfloppydonkeydis
    @MsBigfloppydonkeydis 3 роки тому +3

    "Can LEGO Machine Beat Fast Food Worker?" Immediately no when you tacked on time to the worker.

  • @cappyishere
    @cappyishere 3 роки тому +90

    The title: *Man vs machine*
    Me: **TF2 Flashbacks**

  • @10czar10
    @10czar10 3 роки тому +15

    You could’ve won every single one if the machine didn’t toast the bun

    • @10czar10
      @10czar10 3 роки тому

      @Titus Grimmius nah yours was posted an hour later than mine

    • @10czar10
      @10czar10 3 роки тому

      Sorry tho

    • @dennish4304
      @dennish4304 3 роки тому

      He wouldn't even have come close to winning if the if the Burgers were not pre-cooked. I guess easy on the condiments is not an option? Bottles squirted out lots of toppings.

    • @dylanbreault3019
      @dylanbreault3019 3 роки тому

      McDonald’s employee here yes we actually do toast every bun on every sandwich except for the fish filet which is steamed and we also add ketchup mustard onions and cheese to every burger mcchickens get mayo and lettuce and fish filet get tartar sauce and cheese

    • @TheGuyThatsNotFunny
      @TheGuyThatsNotFunny 3 роки тому

      @Titus Grimmius Dude, editing a comment doesn't change the date
      Edit: test

  • @cradiculous
    @cradiculous 3 роки тому +1

    We're one step closer to finally inventing that pie machine from Chicken Run.

  • @funded.
    @funded. Рік тому

    you, my sir, are the 2nd actually good youtuber i have found from RI

  • @PaGeez
    @PaGeez 3 роки тому +19

    The fact a LEGO can take somebody’s job is hilarious thx for uploading this it made my day

    • @zomega4075
      @zomega4075 3 роки тому

      Cheap machine can replace most minimum wage workers. There's a reason they don't get paid much lmao

    • @PaGeez
      @PaGeez 3 роки тому

      @@zomega4075 lmao

  • @smoats8752
    @smoats8752 3 роки тому +76

    If your burger machine was sold in stores, I would have bought all of them
    I'm not kidding.
    I would buy *a l l* of them.

  • @FattrTV
    @FattrTV 3 роки тому +11

    I feel like with more advanced materials to resolve the issue with sticky cheese and an overhead distribution of the sauce instead of from the side, and the biggest wait time would be the beef cooking. Honestly, I am surprised there are not machines in the kitchens already. But remember every machine still needs to be maintained, cleaned, and fed resources. I've always thought the reason machines haven't replaced people in fast food is because the number of people wouldn't be lessened it would just require more specialized labor, actually driving up the cost of doing business. Mechanic, sanitation specialist, someone to manage inventory.

  • @Potatobobsr
    @Potatobobsr 3 роки тому

    Mike is the greatest burger maker that you could've asked for

  • @MandoStudios
    @MandoStudios 3 роки тому +19

    8:36
    You just gave away the winner before the competition even started 😂

  • @colinkerr9880
    @colinkerr9880 3 роки тому +145

    You don’t need buns cooked if he doesn’t either

    • @jaydenhandscomb8640
      @jaydenhandscomb8640 3 роки тому +8

      You don’t need pre cooked patties if he doesn’t either

    • @iciclethehybrid
      @iciclethehybrid 3 роки тому +1

      @@jaydenhandscomb8640 Except they both ys know, had cooked patties.

    • @NintyPrime
      @NintyPrime 3 роки тому +5

      @@iciclethehybrid sort of. So, the toaster didn’t have to cook the patty as long because the patty had been dried out with a presear. By a human.
      The problem with this method too is that anyone who has old, dried patties that say in the heat tray too long will tell you it’s an absolutely disgusting burger.
      You can’t presear like that. At that point, the machine isn’t cooking the patty. It’s just reheating it.

  • @REDWOLF_RC_ARMORY
    @REDWOLF_RC_ARMORY Рік тому

    Love to see fellow engineers in Rhode Island I know that McDonald’s and also I lived next to the factory were Astro is now for 15 years I’m now in Manville RI Loved this

  • @BigWhale.
    @BigWhale. Рік тому

    This is actually really cool

  • @muhamadalifwirahadiyudha7995
    @muhamadalifwirahadiyudha7995 3 роки тому +82

    Isn't this just like that spongebob vs squidward patty machine episode 🤔

  • @rayanabuqamar1194
    @rayanabuqamar1194 3 роки тому +96

    It’s literally not fair between them because the robot had to toast the bread but the man just put it the box

    • @spudculverwell6369
      @spudculverwell6369 3 роки тому +2

      I was thinking that

    • @hoobidibahentertainment6496
      @hoobidibahentertainment6496 3 роки тому +5

      The persons also wouldn't have to cook the patty as McDonald's precooks there meat

    • @milkman9494
      @milkman9494 3 роки тому +17

      The machine also has the advantage of pre cooked meat

    • @rayanabuqamar1194
      @rayanabuqamar1194 3 роки тому +1

      But it also has to put the meat in the toaster and it takes so much time for it to come out of the toaster

    • @heidicole5566
      @heidicole5566 3 роки тому +2

      @@milkman9494 Quarters are not precooked they are cooked to order from fresh (refrigerated) meat which takes longer to cook than he was in the drive thru so somone cheated there

  • @GypSea_Blue
    @GypSea_Blue Рік тому

    Forget the competition of human vs robot.. the fact this made out of Lego is EPIC... I wanna see more builds like this... #brickit

  • @mathkid7731
    @mathkid7731 3 роки тому +1

    We can all say this dude can own every restaurant

  • @NipeNipe
    @NipeNipe 3 роки тому +724

    Really amazing! The system using the toaster where the bread comes out from the bottom is a really wonderful idea. The machine design is also wonderful, and the shape of the ketchup & mustard bottle is very cute and I like it !(^^)!

    • @AstonishingStudios
      @AstonishingStudios  3 роки тому +36

      Thank you, Nipe Nipe!!!

    • @CharlotteKandy
      @CharlotteKandy 3 роки тому +2

      You know they sale those toaster ls at Walmart haha

    • @BeanWolfe
      @BeanWolfe 3 роки тому +2

      McDonald's actually uses a toaster like that too, except it's a conveyor belt

    • @motivewoodwork8207
      @motivewoodwork8207 3 роки тому

      U forgot saying ngl

    • @brickvator
      @brickvator 3 роки тому +1

      Snipe snipe lol

  • @SpuzzBunn
    @SpuzzBunn 3 роки тому +7

    It's pretty good, there's just one thing.
    You forgot the PICKLES!

  • @Sasquatch6987
    @Sasquatch6987 3 роки тому +85

    Solid design, poor implementation. The machine, while I understand that it's made of Lego, could have been more streamlined. While the bread was toasting, the box could have been loading and moving forward. While the meat was reheating, the sauces could have been extruded simultaneously, instead of individually AFTER the meat had been added. Then, if one were to have chosen two toppings at once, the current design could have been sped up by adding the topping to both sides of the sandwich vs one side, thus cutting that time in half. The cheddar conundrum could have been solved by separating each piece with wax paper and using a roller to separate that from the individual slices, thus making you a cheese whiz... Excuse the cheesey jokes.

    • @noxytmener
      @noxytmener 3 роки тому +3

      You're god damn right, it makes me feel so unconfortable to see the sauces coming one after another and all those time loss...

    • @DarthPoyner
      @DarthPoyner 3 роки тому +2

      This, all day long. If you are going to actually say something is man vs. machine you need to actually attempt to make a decent machine. You are trying to make a machine use human systems. But a true machine dispensary would be optimized for machine uses. You would have something more akin to a pizza oven. Bread on the top conveyor and meat on the bottom. No pre-cooking. Your condiments would be on a gatling gun looking dispenser that would be closer to the bun so it could dispense quicker with less mess and move in a spiral pattern for better coverage. Your cheese would have the wax paper or similar separation rolled onto the patty as it passes underneath.
      And the biggest part of this would be volume. The human cook may still win if you do individual burgers start to finish, but how about 10 orders or 20? That is where the efficiency of the machine comes to play. Repetitive tasks with little deviation.

    • @EvanPilb
      @EvanPilb 2 роки тому +1

      Also i highly doubt that the legos software uses multithreading hence why it works like that

  • @monicahyland8641
    @monicahyland8641 Рік тому

    This would be awesome to have next to your coffee maker on your counter top. This should be a staple in every home.

  • @khylesamuelkimmelanio688
    @khylesamuelkimmelanio688 3 роки тому +30

    Next one he's gonna build: I built a briefcase for the mini McDonald's machine.

  • @prestonwarren2692
    @prestonwarren2692 Рік тому

    It's gonna be challenging implementing robotics into fast food. There's lots of touchup and faults with robots handling metal. I can only imagine them having lots of issues moving softer materials with variations in size.

  • @Bush_Baby
    @Bush_Baby 3 роки тому +15

    Lost all 3 - You end his time when he puts the burger together and slides it to the side. You finish your time when it's not fully constructed and still face up in the machine lol. Also doesn't look as good no even distribution!

    • @Bush_Baby
      @Bush_Baby 3 роки тому

      @King Pistachion Mcdonalds toasts their buns? Huh news to me. You sound salty lol keep liking your own comment

    • @xenogaming9600
      @xenogaming9600 3 роки тому +2

      I never got a toasted bun, guess it's time to sue McDonalds

    • @natrix3174
      @natrix3174 3 роки тому

      @@Bush_Baby noah you didn't have to reply cause now you sound like the salty one

    • @Bush_Baby
      @Bush_Baby 3 роки тому

      @@natrix3174 Still right though :)

  • @tsu7674
    @tsu7674 3 роки тому +10

    "What's the 6th sense you're tapping into when you know it needs to be turned"😂😂🤣🤣

  • @xanthonybryant4269
    @xanthonybryant4269 3 роки тому +27

    Ah yes, the most famous toppings. Onion, and Fried Onion.

  • @jb4sths
    @jb4sths Рік тому

    Ya know even though it takes longed younger people like me find it more exciting to watch a lego robot do it.

  • @alaynabricco2424
    @alaynabricco2424 Рік тому

    Nice, man. Excellent display of support for the human race 🥰🥰 impressive machine, too!

  • @donnellhaight267
    @donnellhaight267 3 роки тому +53

    If your not cooking your cleaning “proceeds to clean air”

  • @kirb_1029
    @kirb_1029 3 роки тому +6

    Honestly since your first videos I've watched most of them I remember making lego candy machines from your tutorials and showing them to all my friend and the serious dedication and heart you put into them I can see has payed off I can see you have massively inproved

    • @AstonishingStudios
      @AstonishingStudios  3 роки тому +4

      Thank you! Nobody understands as much as the people who were watching since before I could program a thing.

  • @TheSAD999
    @TheSAD999 3 роки тому

    I was a manager at noodles and company for 3 years.
    "If you got time to lean you got time to clean"
    hahaha yes i used to say that all the time.

  • @ekill1395
    @ekill1395 3 роки тому

    In addition to your machine taking 2 minutes to toast the bun which Mike didn't do at all, you could speed up your machine a little. While the bun is sitting waiting for the patty to cook and the cheese to drop, the machine could already be dispensing the sauces. Also, if it dispensed them at the same time rather than one after the other, that would make it a little faster.

  • @cnowiscool
    @cnowiscool 3 роки тому +40

    Why is no one talking about how the guy didn’t toast the bread lol

  • @alleosussquirt8041
    @alleosussquirt8041 3 роки тому +12

    That employee wasn't suicidal enough to be working at mcdonalds.

  • @cyanfloy2473
    @cyanfloy2473 2 роки тому

    This is why mcdonalds never completely replace human for their job in a shop

  • @kdarkholme
    @kdarkholme 3 роки тому +1

    It could always be faster, and this makes me hopeful for the future.

  • @collierthompson7215
    @collierthompson7215 3 роки тому +19

    They most likely already had it made before you got to the window

  • @domeniclaquerre3902
    @domeniclaquerre3902 3 роки тому +94

    Man every time I see Rhode island. It’s like a little shoutout

  • @Walterwhiteplug
    @Walterwhiteplug 3 роки тому

    Dude this is actual next level big ups to u ur insane love your content

  • @acttony
    @acttony Рік тому

    Love it! This is genius

  • @PeeJay100011
    @PeeJay100011 3 роки тому +17

    Retry this with a more time efficient cooking order like just toasting the bread for 10 seconds fewer adds efficiency

  • @xtentasticx
    @xtentasticx 3 роки тому +39

    "I'm gonna add 2:30 to have a level comparison"
    Bruh you said you precooked the patty and only heated it in the toaster. You don't need to add anything, you need to tie 1:36.
    "Because he was asynchronous..." You mean because you didn't make it as good?

    • @lariosajnovic9387
      @lariosajnovic9387 3 роки тому

      Just true, dont liked that he cant just be clear...

    • @gabrielgoodrich4519
      @gabrielgoodrich4519 3 роки тому +8

      I completely agree. The worker started with a raw patty, so if anything the machine should have had added time because time was spent before to sear the patties.

    • @catsruleschool2274
      @catsruleschool2274 3 роки тому

      it wasn't pre-cooked, it has heated up so that there were no juices while it was in the toaster

    • @xtentasticx
      @xtentasticx 3 роки тому +1

      @@catsruleschool2274 5:50 he literally cooks the patty to 145 so it's done

  • @georgeboswell4319
    @georgeboswell4319 3 роки тому

    "If you have time to lean you have time to clean" we have that in England, didn't know it was overseas haha

    • @timfagan816
      @timfagan816 3 роки тому

      I seen it on a white board in a scummy k.f.c the other day, in New Zealand, didn't realise it was a universal saying, I thought it was just something the shift manager wrote on the board.

  • @fucku3460
    @fucku3460 2 роки тому

    Mike is the perfect gentleman.

  • @Anna-jv8xi
    @Anna-jv8xi 3 роки тому +79

    like that machine is sick, not gonna lie, huge respects to someone able to design and build such machine
    why’d you have to cut the video at 14:30 though, where the patty, cheese and bun are obviously arranged differently than before, just kinda angry at that..

    • @wackyzany3397
      @wackyzany3397 3 роки тому +13

      he prolly didn't have footage from that angle for that round, so for the sake of the video he most likely just used broll from another round

    • @vaExotic
      @vaExotic 3 роки тому +3

      Because the way the bun was originally would’ve squirted the mustard all over the box and that’s obviously not what he wants

    • @VIady
      @VIady 3 роки тому +2

      If that makes you angry you should never have a kid.

    • @Emerald1
      @Emerald1 3 роки тому

      Quick way to get mad ngl

    • @JasonFree
      @JasonFree 3 роки тому

      @@wackyzany3397 considering he loved your comment, it's safe to say that's what happened

  • @kove7559
    @kove7559 3 роки тому +4

    HE DO BE BACK

  • @abcswitch_5045
    @abcswitch_5045 3 роки тому

    If only that machine could make the burger and toast the bun at the same time you would’ve smoked mike, still an amazing product and you did a great job designing and building it

  • @Harukana101
    @Harukana101 3 роки тому

    Woah I had no idea you were a CCRI student first time watching a video, good to see content from someone going to school in my state.

  • @panva9948
    @panva9948 3 роки тому +20

    I use to watch you guys when I was 5 trying to recreate the machines yall made, beg my parents for tic tacs and Lego was my main priority. I'm 12 now thank you for making my childhood

    • @NightlyH
      @NightlyH 3 роки тому +5

      "I'm 12 now" Bruh you still a child

    • @charlescalvin7197
      @charlescalvin7197 3 роки тому +1

      Kid you still in childhood

    • @Pugkin5405
      @Pugkin5405 3 роки тому +1

      @@charlescalvin7197 Doesn't change anything they said

    • @panva9948
      @panva9948 3 роки тому

      @@charlescalvin7197 your the only child here for clicking on a kids Lego video

    • @charlescalvin7197
      @charlescalvin7197 3 роки тому

      @@panva9948 Ever heard of auto play Dickweed

  • @AstonishingStudios
    @AstonishingStudios  3 роки тому +1236

    1) I will adopt your criticisms for future man vs. machine videos
    2) My video editor makes my lips looks rosy; it is not lipstick