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Robots Should Replace Cafeteria Ladies, Say Students
An online survey of school-aged children reveals that students desperately want robots in the food service industry - in the cafeteria in their own schools.
Here are examples of what students want robotics-wise, in their own words:
I'd also say that the dreams of these school children are closer to reality than they (or the survey makers) might think. Take a look at these videos; follow the links to learn more.
"It's kind of The Jetsons or Star Trek meets the lunch line," says Sharon Olson, co-founder of Y-Pulse, which maintains offices in Chicago, Illinois, and Alexandria, Virginia. "Some responses along these lines are far-fetched to be implemented right now in school foodservice settings, but the answers are fun to read and show that students are technologically savvy and big thinkers about the role automation plays in their lives. Some suggestions for automation may even be do-able down the line."
Not only are sf writers ahead of their time, they are in tune with our deepest childhood wishes.
Anthony Boucher contributed to the idea of a robot chef in his 1943 story Robinc:
"Half your time in cooking is wasted raching around for what you need next. We can build in a lot of that stuff. For instance, one tentacle can be a registering thermometer. tapering to a find point - stick it in a roast and - One can end in a broad spoon for stirring - heat resistant, of course. One might terminate in a sort of hand, of which each of the digits was a different-sized measuring spoon..
(Read more about Anthony Boucher's robot chef)
(Cook Robot Learns By Demonstration video)
Sometimes kids like a little something different; how about a robot cook making octopus balls?
Source: Kids Want to See Robots in Foodservice.
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