Robots Invade Restaurants: Here Are Eight of Our Favorites

SingularityHUB ^ | April 4, 2013 | Jason Dorrier

[2ndDivisionVet]

Robotic automation has long been the domain of manufacturing, but of late, service robots have made an often entertaining and sometimes gimmicky leap to restaurants in China, Taiwan, Japan, and increasingly the US. Please accept the following video ode to Singularity Hub’s favorite restaurant robots of the past few years.

Noodle bot: Knife-brandishing chopper of noodles, you terrify and inspire us in equal parts. You slice noodles with grim efficiency, and for that we are grateful.

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Sushi bot: Although the high art of sushi-making may best be suited for human hands, we hold your pace of 3,600 robo-riceballs an hour in the highest regard.

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Ice cream bot: The robot ice cream man cometh, and your theme song will echo in my skull for days to come—that is exactly as it should be.....

[momincombatboots]

One of the most frightening interview pieces I have heard is with Ray Kurzwald(sp??). When asked how people will react to basically being physically interfaced with a computer... he responded “you will accept it”. I have read his book on the singularity... it is both enlightening and frightening. If we think drones killing Amercans is a bad idea.. wait until you upload a program from the puppeteers to kill yourself or your neighbor. Am I watching too much eagle eye or i robot.... maybe its the matrix.

[sushiman]

Kurzweil .

[momincombatboots]

One of the most frightening interview pieces I have heard is with Ray Kurzwald(sp??). When asked how people will react to basically being physically interfaced with a computer... he responded “you will accept it”. I have read his book on the singularity... it is both enlightening and frightening. If we think drones killing Amercans is a bad idea.. wait until you upload a program from the puppeteers to kill yourself or your neighbor. Am I watching too much eagle eye or i robot.... maybe its the matrix.