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Nagoya Robot Ramen
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A short clip of a ramen restaurant in Nagoya where robot arms cook the noodles. Human waiters serve the food.
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Used as an early, concrete example of robotic kitchen automation when HN discusses robot chefs and baristas.
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From the Hacker News discussion
This made me remember the Japanese restaurant which works on the opposite principle: robotic chefs and human waiters. Video here: [VIDEO] There is an interesting cultural dimension to Germans choosing to replace human interaction with robot interaction while Japanese choosing to replace human work with robot work.
Read original comment ↗Not without vision. You'd have to place all the tools and ingredients within reach at precisely known positions, probably all held in a special rig (like this: [VIDEO] ). If something went wrong the robot wouldn't know and would continue executing the recipe with possibly disastrous results. Robots won't be replacing chefs until visual feedback is solved.
Read original comment ↗Makes me think of that Japanese ramen shop that used similar arms from several years back. I wonder if they are still in business? [VIDEO]
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