Are robots really destined to take over restaurant kitchens?

Behind the blonde wooden service counter of a Chipotle restaurant, humanoid robots created in the golden image of C3PO prepare customers’ chicken burritos and sofritas tacos. After tapping their orders on glowing touch-screen iPads right behind the entrance doors, patrons sit patiently as their requests are carried out by the robotic prep team. The technologic back-of-house staff performs the same mundane tasks from open to close: pressing the tortilla, laying it flat, pouring the protein,