The MSR-3000 Sushi Machine
By Ryan Block 
posted Apr 25th 2005 7:32AM
posted Apr 25th 2005 7:32AM
When you buy it out, it seems to cost way too much; when you make it at home, it reminds you why you'd rather just
pay someone else to make it for you—sushi, except
for masters, is quite a pain. Enter the MSR-3000 Sushi Machine—it's been around for a couple years, but you just can't
argue with a Sushi cheffin' robot that can prep up to 50 pieces per minute (that's 3,000 an hour). We can't speak to
whether or not it's done better by hand, but we'd like to see your local sushino meijin try and step to the
MSR-3000 and its 18-pound capacity rice hopper. Bring it, fool!
[Via BoingBoing]
Well..it doesn't actually fix the sushi, just the underlying rice. (with optional wasabi applicator...hehe...).
You often see machines similar to this in keiten sushi (the "conveyer belt" sushi restraints.) At times they are outfitted so you cannot see the machine and the area in which the onigiri come out is inside of a facade that looks like a traditional steam rice cooker.
Saw one of these at a sushi place off the strip in Las Vegas a few years back...
What's next...massage chairs for the Kobe beef cattle ?
Geisha girls giving you service. :-D