Monday, October 20, 2008

Robot Restaurants

Can you imagine a restaurant where everything from the ordering of food, to the food preparation to the paying for your tab is done by only machines? Here's how it could work:
All spaces for people to sit have a handicapped accessible computer menu where people either type in, speak to order or use braile. The order is sent to robot chef much like this one:
http://www.livescience.com/technology/080213-robotic-chef.html
The food-savvy robot wears a towel twisted rakishly over its upper module. The octopus balls are made individually, each one carefully made from scratch. The octopus balls are made in thirds; the cooking delicacy must be hand-turned after each portion cooks to add the next bit of dough, creating a perfect octopus ball. (not the most appetizing thought for most americans, but this is Japanese cuisine)

And then the orders are sent out either on a conveyor belt as currently used is sashimi barsor are moved underneath the floor and presented onto your table. Finally, all the dishes are taken by a robot built within the table to wash the dishes for the next diner. Much like this table dishwasher: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFD61F30F936A25754C0A9649C8B63
CONVENIENCE is a must in the modern American kitchen.
For Harold DeHart, that means never having to get up from the table to put the meal's used plates into the dishwasher. Mr. DeHart, who lives in Durham, N.C., has won a patent for a ''dining table with integral dishwasher.'' A trapdoor in the table opens into a dishwasher underneath.

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