Fast food chains in Japan, China and Great Britain have begun piloting the use of robots to cook meals. And while robots have been emerging as a boon for completing menial tasks like dispensing medicines in hospitals, these fast food robots are capable of preparing full sushi rolls or noodle dishes for Asian food outlets. In many cases, customers complete their orders through a touchscreen, which then alerts the robot how to prepare the meal. No humans needed.
It stands to reason that American fast food companies will adopt the robots at some point. One new fast food robot is the noodle-slicing "Chef Cui" in China, which as the Associated Press reports, costs restaurateurs 30,000 Chinese Yuan to buy, or $2,000. Comparatively, a human noodle chef is paid about $4,700 a year in China,
For Liu Maohu, a noodle restaurant owner in Beijing, the choice of hiring a robot over a human is easy. "The robot chef can slice noodles better than human chefs," he told the AP. "And it is much cheaper than a real human chef."
Robots also are being used in the agricultural process. A group of dairy farmers in NY are using European-made robots and putting them to work milking herds. Robots are entering the fruit and vegetable field work. Previously, robots were not used for such work, because they weren't sensitive enough with the produce, which led to undesired bruising. The new robots, are now endowed with advanced sensors and high-precision GPS location technologies to ensure the food isn't damaged.
My question is can the robots wash their hands and what is going to happen to unskilled laborers?
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