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Burgers or nuggets? Check out the car, Bob

By Celeste Biever

25 September 2004

YOU may think your car says a lot about you, but to a computer called Bob it says just one thing: you like either quarter-pounders or chicken nuggets.

Bob is an automated fast food restaurant management system and its job is to predict what people are likely to order before they reach the counter. The idea is to get the chefs cooking the right food for the incoming customers as soon as possible. It cuts waiting time and wastage, and ensures that the food is hot.

Bob, which was developed by HyperActive Technologies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has two ways to…

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