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Video: Robots Serving Breakfast
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology recently demonstrated two of their robots serving breakfast. The Mahru-Z (the biped) opens a microwave and takes out a cup, then puts the cup and the piece of toast in a basket; Mahru-M (the wheeled one) brings the basket to the table. Even though this process takes about two minutes, it feels much, much longer. Although it's good to see that the field of Robot Servant Technology is going somewhere, it may be a while before we get a Rosie. Watch the video after the jump....Video: Local Commercial for Cantina Restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama
A dancing Mexican robot that sounds like a Cylon? ... Yeaaah, um. Not gonna lie though, I'd totally eat there. Video, after the jump....Video: Japanese Robot Girl Makes Coffee
HINA is an impressively dexterous robot girl who can make coffee, from grinding the beans to pouring the water into the coffee filter (granted, with some human help). For more information, check out creator Mujaki's website. Watch the video after the jump....In Videos: Futurama's Bender as Cooking Bot
An oldie but goodie. Futurama's alcoholic robot, Bender, hopes to humiliate archrival chef Elzar by training with a Yoda-like mentor and then going on Iron Cook to challenge him. Training scenes include Bender peeling a potato à la Star Wars with a lightsaber and ingesting a can of whole peppercorns and then twisting his head around like a pepper mill. Video, after the jump....The Year That Was on Serious Eats: Science
Continuing The Year That Was are our favorite food-science stories from 2008. Things Scientists Made Test Tube Meat! Wired covered a three-day meeting of the In Vitro Meat Consortium in Ås, Norway, detailing the possibility of test tube meat. Cheaper to produce and more environmentally friendly, in vitro meat production may arrive in grocery stores within 5 to 10 years. In response, PETA announced a $1 million prize to the "first person to come up with a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012." An "electic tongue"! Spanish scientists developed a portable "electric tongue" that can identify wine characteristics. Sunscreen for fruits and veggies! Sunscreen isn't just for sentient beings anymore; now...Robot Flips Pancakes
mailonsunday.co.uk Yes, I would like some pancakes, Mr. Robot. The Japanese have done it again with the Motoman robot, a pancake-flipping wonder of circuits and electricity. This awesome machine recently debuted at a three-day exhibition of robots in Osaka. If you could have a robot, what would you want it to cook for you? [via Coldmud]...In Videos: Mr. Asahi, the Bartending Robot
Do you love drinking beer, but hate pouring it? Fork over $200,000 and you can have you own personal Mr. Asahi Robot Bartender! He's even better if you don't like talking to humans. Don't let the little flashing heart on his chest fool you; he has no soul. All he can do is give you beer. Watch the robot in action after the jump....Coca-Cola Vending Machine Robot in Japan
Photo from sanchome on Flickr. The only thing better than a regular robot is one that doubles as a Coca-Cola vending machine with scorpion-like pincher hands. The logistics are unclear—does it really vend cola cans? Is there a person tall and strong enough to wear this bulky suit? File this under times I wish I was a Japanese school girl outside Shibuya Station in Tokyo to see this weirdness walk by....In Videos: The Chief Cook Robot Learns How to Make a Ham and Cheese Omelet
The Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland has adapted Fujitsu's HOAP-3 robot into the Chief Cook Robot. Capable of learning recipes and techniques, a Nintendo Wii remote is used to guide the teaching scenario and the answer the robot's questions. Check out the video, where the robot learns how to whip eggs, grate cheese, and slice ham for the omelet....Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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