Robot Chefs Of China

What would you rather do? pay for an employee to work for you or just have a robot that is cheap and only uses electricity?

In China, there has been a new trend in the use of Robot  Chefs. The NoodleBots are chefs programmed to cut noodles which are popularly consumed in Asian  countries.  The NoodleBot is sold at 2,330 US$  and  was invented by Cui Runquan, a  36  yrs old  farmer from the province of Hebei, China.  Cui  created his first robot in 2007 and received the patent of his invention with its brand name called Chef Cui, in 2008. The most recent version of the robot measures one  meter tall and can slice 160 pieces of noodles per  minute, which makes it three times more efficient than any human chef.

The NoodleBots make a certain type of fine noodles called "xiao mian".  It is of Shanxi origin,  The electrical appliance takes a piece of dough in one hand and uses a knife to cut it and then tosses it inside the boiling water. 

The robots can help the restaurant owners to save on the cost of an employee, said Duan Wanhu, administrator of the Tianxiang Food Machiner Factory, a company that manufactures the robots in China.  "Likewise is the issue on hygiene, Duan also mentioned.  "The human chefs perspire in summer and the perspiration falls on the noodles.  The robots do not perspire".

The factory started to manufacture the robot two years ago.  Now they make approximately 20 Noodlebots per day. Source of information:  El País