Motoman SDA10 robot shows off its cooking, camera-building skills

Yaskawa Electric's Motoman SDA10 robot has been out and about for a little while now (along with its not-so-distant relatives), but it's apparently not just getting by on its good looks alone, and it recently took advantage of Osaka's International Next-Generation Robot Fair to show off its newly developed cooking skills. While there unfortunately doesn't seem to be any video available, the word is it was able to take an order from a customer using its voice recognition capabilities and whip up some okonomiyaki (a pancake, of sorts) from scratch, with it even going so far as to serve it to the customer and top it off with some condiments. As if one human-replacing activity wasn't enough, the bot also recently made an appearance on a Japanese TV show where it assembled a camera and, thankfully, there is a video of that -- check it out after the break.

[blueangel00100 @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:10PM]

Me: Make Me a Sandwich
Robot: What? Make it yourself.
Me: Sudo make me a sandwich.
Robot: Okay.

[DarkLight @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:20PM]

Heh, that's what I thought immediately when I read the article.

+1 internets for xkcd ref.

By the way, I wonder what OS does the robot actually use.. (Or more appropriately, what's the robot OS based on... I'd insert movie/game reference here, but TBH I don't remember any)

[Hung @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:41PM]

lol.!

[giuliop @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:41PM]

Well, maybe it's got Vista:

Human: Make me a sandwich.
Robot: You are trying to make a sandwich: Cancel or Allow?
Human: Allow.
Robot: Invalid error.

[Jeff R @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:47PM]

nice

[Ryan Trevisol @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:34PM]

I lol'd, and then had to explain sudo to my wife.

[-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:01AM]

mind explaining to me?

[Ryan Trevisol @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:20AM]

It's a *nix command which makes anything that follows come from a "super-user" (I believe it stands for Super User Do), which essentially bypasses any security that Linux has.

For example "rm -rf *" (I shudder to type it), if executed in the wrong directory, would attempt to delete everything on a *nix computer. This would, of course, fail, but "sudo rm -rf *" could delete mostly everything on your hard drive. Or at least in your home folder.

Geek humor at its finest.

[iEye @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:12PM]

There was nothing wrong with that food. The salt level was 10% less than a lethal dose...

[Flashpoint @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:42PM]

So this is the bot that will make food for the human slaves while we build more endoskeletons.

[andres @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:49AM]

i guess i shouldnt have had seconds

[SPOKE @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:39AM]

Its better he build these than iPhones.

[Blackstar @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:14PM]

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[The WC @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:46PM]

Take the cup. TAKE THE CUP!

*Falls off of chair*

[Ryan @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:15PM]

Robots are finally taking over.

[mercurysunblast @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:29PM]

Okonomiyaki is freakin' gross. Sorry, just sayin'

[Boards of Canada @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:24AM]

okonomyaki are really good. Friends+okonyaki+beer=jolly good night!

[holycow @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:29PM]

One of the contestants of Hell's Kitchen in 2020. By that time I'm sure we'll have a digital version of Gordon Ramsay as well!

[bill cant fart @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:30PM]

With this, women will be obsolete!!

[Chuckles McGee @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:32PM]

I can think of at least one prowess this has yet to best women in.

[Joe @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:36PM]

Tittehs?

[Hung @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:40PM]

@ chuckles ummm, i dont think so, if you went back n engadget a couple of weeks, you would understand.

[iEye @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:45PM]

Most women are obsolete, the problem is that the pathetic men out there follow any piece of skanky a$$ that walks by...

The next time you have a date with a woman, just hold up a stack of $20 bills and ask yourself, is she worth the time and effort?

And don't forget the pre-nups!

-House
-Car
-money
-iPhone

don't give her any part of it...

[Brian @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:21PM]

@iEye

It seems obvious to me that you are a virgin.

[Flashpoint @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:00AM]

...or a bitter divorcee

[Vahirua @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:57AM]

Robot Pancakes and Robot Drinks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9iEgTjOi8Y). The future must be now?

[rita hainsworth @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:07PM]

Mom?

[pat1202003 @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:12PM]

Alright! No more worrying about if the cook spit in your food.

[Abuzar Baloach @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:41PM]

What's with the Goku sonic?

[Gad Get @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:15PM]

"Waiter, I think the chef dripped lubricant on my lasagna."

[-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:03AM]

no instead of spit, its cyanide.

[BB @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:12PM]

Looks DEL.ICIO.US

[cibrlx01 @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:48PM]

I do not think assembling a camera is that much different then assembling a pancake for a robot. It is just a different set of instructions.

[Gad Get @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:29PM]

I've never assembled a pancake for a robot before....

[dubya @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:16PM]

Okonomiyaki isn't just for robots!

[hidyslexia @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:22PM]

Robot Chef, any certificate?

[Pat @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:02PM]

Now if they really want to get some YouTube cred, they will make a video of two of these robots building a third, set to a romantic track.

[Fray @ Dec 4th 2008 5:18PM]

Or pr0n music for bonus points.

[Andrew @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:18PM]

Okonomiyaki is not a pancake. Nor is it a pizza or an omelet. Okonomiyaki is just okonomiyaki.

And it's one of the best foods ever.

[Othello @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:35PM]

I would love to see a dictionary written by you. "Aardvark: just an aardvark, nothing more."

[Andrew @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:49PM]

Seriously though, all of the comparisons I hear made to okonomiyaki are pretty invalid.

[Dillon @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:48AM]

Well, someone's going to have to say it, and I guess it will be me...

I for one welcome our new camera assembling pancake making overlords. :)

[Inkeröinen @ Dec 3rd 2008 5:38AM]

This thing could work in McDonalds as well.

[loocas @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:46PM]

For the shitty wage? I don't think it'd even raise the finger...

[Das Boot @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:47AM]

I dont think i would let a robot make my meals. I mean who is to say he won't become sentient and poison me or give me a ruthy and have his way with me? or who is to say he wont go off and kill steve jobs and take his brain and put it into his head? no one can guarrantee that. for now i will stick with my Sony AIBO. theres no way these dogs will ever turn on me, or is there?

[Brent @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:21AM]

The missing ingredient is love.

[mattkenny @ Dec 4th 2008 3:36AM]

Wow, an assembly robot assembled something! It's amazing!

[ghex88 @ Dec 4th 2008 6:46AM]

This is the beginning of our apocalypse. Poor humans...