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Robot chef, controlled from a smartphone, is able to cook delicious recipes from the Internet. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s a reality. Such a robot will go into mass sale in 2017.

Two robotic manipulators are suspended above the kitchen stove, oven, working surface and sink. In dexterity, robotic hands are not inferior to human ones. The robot works as fast as a professional chef, dutifully obeying commands from an iPhone.

The machine, which was developed by Moley Robotics, has already attracted NASA. The robot is able to handle almost all kitchen utensils and appliances, skillfully copying human movements. For example, cooking mashed soup from seafood takes less than 30 minutes.

24 connections and 20 motors allowed the robot to accurately repeat the movements of Tim Anderson, winner of the British cooking show MasterChef 2011. The movements of the cook were recorded in advance on camera and loaded into the memory of the machine.

Moley Robotics sees a future in which celebrity chefs sell their recipes to kitchen robot owners. However, professional chefs say that the robot is limited in movement and can not, for example, cook sushi.

The robot may do a great job of grinding and slicing food, but I'm not sure it's agile enough to make sushi. Maybe he can make good rolls, but it will be very, very difficult to make nigiri sushi, the sushi master from Kouzu restaurant in London told IBTimes.



The smartphone app allows you to control the robot remotely. According to Moley Robotics, the consumer version of the system will have a built-in refrigerator and storage. In the future, manipulators will put all dirty dishes not in the sink, but in the dishwasher, which is planned to complete the system.

The creators of the robot say that it can learn to interact with any appliances in the kitchen. They say it is enough to show him how it works.

Future versions of the robot will learn using motion capture cameras, and their owners will be able to share training materials. Cooks will be able to make money by selling their signature cooking recipes through a dedicated online store.





Moley also cares about the safety of those around a robot dealing with potentially dangerous kitchen utensils. The next step will be to install a protective glass and fire protection system, which will increase the safety of using the robot in the same room with children or when no one is home. Experts do not exclude that in the future, the Moley robot can become a universal assistant in all household chores.

Moley engineers say a future version could have synthetic hands that the robot can wash itself after working with raw meat.

When the manipulators are not used, they fold, freeing up space above the work surface. The robot itself fits into the kitchen of normal sizes.

The company plans to start mass sales of the robot in 2017 at a price of £10,000. It is worth noting that this price includes not only manipulators, but also a kitchen stove, sink, work surface and cabinets. A recent study by The Times found that almost half of Britons spend between £5,000 and £20,000 on kitchen furniture. So it's not such a high price for a robotic kitchen. published

















Source: hi-news.ru