On Sunday at the Dubai Information Technology Show, the British company Moley Robotics showcased a robotic kitchen - Moley Kitchen . The robot independently takes food out of the refrigerator, washes, prepares and puts things in order. All the joys of life for leather bags, in general. We talk about the nuances and development goals under the cut.
Miracle cuisine
The robot kitchen is a suspension system with two mobile manipulators, the movements of which are similar to the flutter of a chef's hands.
The correct movements and sequences of operations in the robot's kitchen were taught by British chef Tim Anderson, culinary innovator and winner of the 2011 BBC MasterChef series. Anderson's cooking techniques were captured in 3D and then transformed into robot movements using algorithms.
Especially for the exhibition, the company has created a 30-course menu to fully demonstrate the capabilities of the device. In the future, 5 thousand recipes will be available in the assortment of the robot kitchen.
Kitchen prototypes The
price of a robot is comparable to the average price of a townhouse in the UK or a small yacht - about $ 333 thousand. Despite this, the developer has received 1.2 thousand requests from potential buyers.
How did the kitchen come about?
The founder of Moley Robotics is Mark Oleinik , a Russian mathematician and computer scientist . The company was created specifically for the production of robotic kitchens.
For the first time, a prototype of a kitchen robot was shown 5 years ago at the Hannover Technology Fair in Germany. At that time, it was stated that the assistant robot would make life easier after a hard day at work when there was no energy left to cook. In addition, the robot was supposed to be an alternative to food delivery.
Promotional video for Moley Robotics, 2015
It was assumed that, in addition to ready-made and already recorded recipes, the robot could be independently trained to cook its signature dishes. Thanks to the built-in cameras, he is able to learn.
The startup planned to release a commercial version of the robot in 2017. The price of the prototype was announced at $ 75 thousand.
First, but not the only one
Household Robot Developed at Toyota Research Institute
Moley Robotics is not the only one looking towards robotics in everyday life. We have already talked about a robot from the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) hanging from the ceiling of the kitchen.
The main purpose of the Japanese robots hanging from the ceiling is somewhat different: they must solve the problems of serving an aging population. By the way, its design resembles Moley Robotics, but it moves along the ceiling on rails. Of the minuses - you need to think over the ergonomics of space in advance.
