7 robots that could replace humans in the kitchen
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From China's robotic waiters to the world's first robotic lettuce farm, robots are only becoming more advanced. And robots are not only waiting tables and manning farms, but making food in the kitchen too.
They might even take over chef and food service jobs in the future.
Here are seven of the most sophisticated robots that can make meals, including burgers, sushi, and pizza.
The Foxbot slices perfect noodles faster than humans.
The Foxbot, a robot created by the engineers at Foxconn Technology Group, can slice noodles from dough quicker than a human. In a windshield wiper-like motion, the robotic scissor hand cuts noodles that are the same size every time.
Three of the robots work at Dazzling Noodles, an open-kitchen restaurant chain in North China's Shanxi province.
This robot can make 400 burgers in an hour.
Momentum Machines/The University of PennsylvaniaSan Francisco-based Momentum Machines has developed a robot that can slice toppings, grill a patty, and assemble and bag a burger by itself.
The 24-square-foot machine features a stamper that grinds and shapes the meat, and then transfers it to its an oven. It can reportedly crank out 400 burgers in an hour.
The startup plans to open an actual restaurant featuring the machines in San Francisco.
This robot can compile sushi in a matter of seconds.
Developed by the Japanese robotics manufacturer Kawasaki, this robot can assemble nigiri in under a minute.
One robotic arm — on the right in the GIF above — clinches the sides of the pressed bundles of rice and moves completed nigiri pieces to a wooden block. The arm on the left picks up tubes of wasabi and squeezes a little bit onto the rice. It also picks up a small vacuum, which it then uses to lift up the fish and place it on the rice.
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