An Automated System With A Humanoid Robot That Can Help Package Noodles Was Displayed At A Recent Tokyo Technology Exhibition As A Solution For Food Manufacturers Struggling With Labour Shortage.
The 1.5 Metre-tall Robot “Foodly”, Developed By A Japanese Robot Developer Rt Has An Image Recognition System To Capture The Food That Is In Front Of Them.
The Robot With Its Fork-like Hands Then Picks Up The Mock Noodles And Places It On The Blue Conveyor Belt That Also Works As A Scale Developed By Yamato Scale.
The Robots Can Pick Up To 500 Grams Of Noodles Or Other Food Including Chopped Vegetables, And Fried Chicken.
The Firm Is Considering Putting A Roughly 30 Million Yenprice Tag On The Robot System But Has No Concrete Plans For Commercialisation.
