I am liking this bot. Have you ever been so tired after work you opted for take out instead of cooking? We all have. But imagine a world where your personal robot can handle the cooking for you. The technology is still under development, but Yaskawa (via RS Tech) recently showed the world that its industrial robots could be coerced into cooking egg sandwiches.
Looking like a Japanese Tea Ceremony master, the Motoman cracks an egg...
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Yaskawa is a U.S.-based company that specialized in industrial robotics. Perhaps one of its engineers got bored, or hungry, and wanted to see if the Motoman SDA10 dual arm model could cook. With a small grill, an English muffin and an egg, the robot successfully grabbed the right ingredients from a mini-fridge and cooked an egg sandwich to perfection. While it’s unlikely that average consumers would purchase an industrial-grade robot for cooking purposes, it is possible that kitchen robots will pop up in the near future.
We live in a world of automation and digital advancement. People have less time than ever for everyday tasks like laundry and washing dishes. We already have machines that do the washing for us, why not machines that can cook? Maybe your robot butler won’t have the same skills as Bobby Flay, but if a decent, warm meal just happens to greet you when you walk through the door, who is complaining?
Makers have tinkers with the creation of breakfast boxes and other food-friendly contraptions. None have made it mainstream yet, but stay tuned. If robots can drive our cars, they can surely cook our breakfasts, too. Isn’t this a fine use of research funding?
A bot more of that tea ceremony style moving...
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