Jetsons cartoon robots now reality in fast-food business

By DON C. BRUNELL

Contributor

The Jetsons television series about a space-age family featuring “Rosey the Robot” gave us a preview of life with robots, kiosks and interactive television. In 1962, it was a fictitious cartoon; however, in 2018, many of the Jetsons’ conveniences are a reality.

Take fast-food restaurants, for example.

Faced with a growing shortage of workers and increased costs, some are turning to robots to flip hamburgers and clean grills — mundane, unpleasant and hard to fill jobs. Wendy’s installed self-cleaning ovens to eliminate the mess of cleaning bacon grease off ovens, a...