Robots Flip Pancakes, Serve Sushi...watch video


	Robots Flip Pancakes, Serve Sushi...watch video

leevardi

8-17-2009 5:02 PM

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leevardi says:

I'm waiting for the one that can balance my cheque-book !

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e64fce34-bf3c-4dc7-aa48-3933674fc2bb/F783048D-0DB2-42A1-B596-6CD8B90D4AB2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264" href="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264" style="font-size: 11px;">www.weirdasianews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><H1>Robots Flip Pancakes, Serve Sushi</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.weirdasianews.com/img/D464F427-8C2E-4C62-9A4D-4EA329BF3C20" alt="feed robot Robots Flip Pancakes, Serve Sushi picture" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><P>Tomio Sugiura, president of the makers of a vegetable-chopping prototype Sugiura Kikai Sekkei, voiced hopes that the robots would one day be as common as vacuum cleaners.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><P>“Nowadays, almost every family has a car. In the near future, every family would be having a humanoid robot that can help out with various chores at home,” Suigiura said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.weirdasianews.com/img/CC0BE49D-CA88-45E7-9BE2-6E2495A4DDBB" alt="Japan Cooking Robot" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><P>“We all know that robots can be very useful. We want to take that utility out of the factory so that they can be used elsewhere,” said Narito Hosomi, president of the company that made the pancake-flipping robot, Toyo Riki.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><P>The robot expertly makes the traditional Japanese meat, vegetable, and seafood pancakes known as Okonomiyaki, and can even ask the customer what condiments they want.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.weirdasianews.com/img/B4301327-3CA4-46D6-BDBD-842AB5BC9D2C" alt="robotsushi Robots Flip Pancakes, Serve Sushi picture" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><P>As technology continues to improve our lives, the Japanese especially can expect to see more battery-run workers cooking their veggies and serving them sushi.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/17/robots-flip-pancakes-serve-sushi/#IDComment31020264"><P>Watch the robots in action below.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F783048D-0DB2-42A1-B596-6CD8B90D4AB2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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