Okonomiyaki Master Chef Motoman SDA10
Motoman SDA10 Okonomiyaki Cooking Robot
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During the “Robot Food Park” demonstration, Okonomiyaki Robot, developed by Osaka-based Toyo Riki Co., boasted its prowess in cooking “okonomiyaki” — Osaka’s trademark meat, vegetable and seafood pancake.
The robot, about the size of a human, skillfully uses its two arms to mix the dough, oil up a pan and flip the okonomiyaki when the time is right.
It can even communicate verbally, asking the audience questions such as whether they want mayonnaise on their okonomiyaki.
Tech expo: Never send chef to do robot’s job, Japan Times, June 10, 2009
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き?) is a Japanese savoury pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning “what you like” or “what you want”, and yaki meaning “grilled” or “cooked” (cf. yakitori and yakisoba). Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with Kansai or Hiroshima areas of Japan
Leave Your Stressful Job To Robots
Masanori Hirano of Kyoto-based robot lab Squse, which came up with an android sushi waiter, said robots could help manage the stress associated with fine dining establishments.
“If a human does this job, it can be stressful. And if so, they can leave the work to the robot,” he said.
Japan prepares robots to take over the kitchen, Reuters, Jun 10, 2009
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