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Major coffee companies may have to watch their backs after CafeX showcased their automated barista in San Francisco. Instead of smiling human baristas, a robotic arm serves up hot brews all with the flick of a finger. CafeX's robotic arm operates via a free smartphone app. Customers download the app, select their desired beans and brews, and automatically pay through the app. The robot arm then prepares the caffeinated drink and serves it to the customer, cutting out all human interaction.
Visitors to the Tokyo Robot Center Showroom on Tokyo's Odaiba Island watched as a DuAro dual-armed SCARA robot made traditional Japanese nigiri sushi as part of a project launched by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The robot gracefully placed the fish toppings on little balls of rice while explaining every movement with audio and text appearing on the robot's 'face', which consisted of a mouth, nose, and big black eyes animated on a screen in between the two arms. The chef-bot was featured at the newly opened 'Kawasaki Robostage', a location open to the public designed to demonstrate the future of coexistence between humans and robots. It's part of a larger initiative from the Japanese government called 'Robot Strategy', which aims to introduce more widespread robot usage at every level of society. Robot Strategy has a dual purpose - to help manage the effects of a rapidly aging society by filling in for jobs usually handled by young people and to make Japan a global center for robotics innovation in order to serve the demands of the global economy of the future.
Robots cook, bake and even wrap sushi rolls at a Tokyo expo to showcase Japan's latest food processing technologies. Sharon Reich reports.
Robots cook, bake and even wrap sushi rolls at a Tokyo expo to showcase Japan's latest food processing technologies. Sharon Reich reports.
Moscow (Russia), October 5 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Yuri Kochetkov) The Yandex Rover courier robot, produced by the Russian multinational company 'Yandex', is an unmanned vehicle that makes food deliveries at home, replacing a human delivery man.FOOTAGE OF THE ROBOT IN MOSCOW