Chef Robot makes sushi even more dangerous

If you're squeamish about eating sushi then we doubt this is going to help. Chef Robot, on display at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo, is really just FANUC's M-430iA sanitary food and pharmaceutical robot with a fleshy appendage -- guess the rest of the human is right there on the serving tray. Soylent Green is people!

[Via TokyoMango]

[va jj @ Jun 10th 2009 3:32AM]

BANZAI!!!

[Shinigami @ Jun 10th 2009 1:08PM]

Every time I see body parts separated from the body doing some work it completely freaks me out.
It doesn't have to look human-like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nintendo fanboy hater @ Jun 10th 2009 3:32AM]

shynet is already starting to use human body parts!!!


RUN!!!

[EI8HT @ Jun 10th 2009 4:08AM]

Shynet.... the cheap knockoff of Skynet

[OneLove @ Jun 10th 2009 10:38AM]

skynet with low self esteem

[likedonduan @ Jun 10th 2009 3:44AM]

Hope, he washed his hand. ZING!!!

[Miguel @ Jun 10th 2009 4:11AM]

In modern parlance, we call that "creepy."

[EI8HT @ Jun 10th 2009 4:18AM]

in Historic parlance "Creepy!"

[Tim Brown @ Jun 10th 2009 5:09AM]

In future parlance, we will call that "Master"

[giuliop @ Jun 10th 2009 5:30AM]

I, for one, welcome our creepy one-handed sushi-making masters.

[Haha @ Jun 10th 2009 6:39AM]

I don't like raw fish.

[fistpittingnork @ Jun 10th 2009 8:11AM]

raw fish raw fish raw fish raw fish raw fish raw fish baked beans raw fish raw fish raw fish

[(01) @ Jun 10th 2009 3:02PM]

I though we called it "the stranger"

[auricom @ Jun 11th 2009 8:18AM]

@fistpittingnork:

what about raw cow?

[asuka @ Jun 10th 2009 4:29AM]

Its adept with fish, but how does it handle sausage?

[ClarkyAC @ Jun 10th 2009 4:40AM]

I'm not sure that robot is that way inclined...

[giuliop @ Jun 10th 2009 5:32AM]

I wouldn't be that eager to find out.

[serge @ Jun 10th 2009 8:56AM]

i love sausage. also I need a prostate exam, can it give me the cold hand of injustice? like the oven from that quiznos commercial said 'put it in me, dave'

[kiro @ Jun 10th 2009 4:43AM]

Hmmm If they just could make that hand look more feminine.... Imagine the possibilities!!! Finally being able to surf with my right hand!

[Haha @ Jun 10th 2009 6:40AM]

You lost yours in an accident?

[Kaigr @ Jun 10th 2009 4:46AM]

Anyone squeemish about eating sushi should seek therapy to get over the phobia - they're missing out on paradise-upon-a-plate. However, no amount of therapy will ever make a person comfortable with being served by that weird mismembered hand.

[asuka @ Jun 10th 2009 9:37AM]

Paradise on a plate, dangerously high levels of mercury in the brain.

[Bill @ Jun 10th 2009 12:12PM]

Yes, sushi is delicious! I can't get enough of the stuff.

[Aaron @ Jun 11th 2009 1:57PM]

@ asuka - microscopic amounts of mercury are dangerous? Guess thats why our Japanese are so short lived... oh wait...

[Boards of Canada @ Jun 10th 2009 5:27AM]

Handjob anyone?

[Boards of Canada @ Jun 10th 2009 5:31AM]

The robot is on high stress, Kim Jong Il is waiting for his secret guilty pleasure: Japanese Sushi!

[superhobo @ Jun 10th 2009 6:58AM]

The hand...THE HAND!!!!

[mrD @ Jun 10th 2009 7:14AM]

i wonder ,when shynet takes over do we all have to eat sushi?,and will we be able to vote for the hand at the next british elections?,also where can i get a autograph for the hand?,if so ITS GOT MY VOTE!

[tikiwk @ Jun 10th 2009 7:32AM]

I wonder how a robot like that would be able to tell that a slab of fish meat is rotten, or that it has an infestation, or that it should not be on the cutting table or be served? Is this thing supposed to just serve human prepared sushi assemblies, or is it intended to slice, dice and mate with rice?

Anyway, anything that has the potential for carrying parasites, I'd like a human to inspect it carefully before it ends up on my plate.

[michael @ Jun 10th 2009 9:15AM]

im sorry... i can take self aware robots with lazers and giant killing machines... but that just creeps me out.

[Csht @ Jun 10th 2009 8:45AM]

Love the movie quotes, Charleston Heston fans?

[Sporkinum @ Jun 10th 2009 10:50AM]

The first step in robot domination will be to prepare fugu.

[webon @ Jun 10th 2009 11:14AM]

jap 1: we wir make roboto
jap 2: hai, we make roboto, buto I are hungrey, would you raik some sushi yes?
jap 1: hai arigatou, (ding)
lets make sushi roboto!

[auricom @ Jun 11th 2009 8:24AM]

failage.

[mrD @ Jun 10th 2009 1:44PM]

we all know its just a matter of time before robots rule the world right,Ie we are waiting for the event where they become self aware and kill us ,SO we got a choice OF THE FOLLOWING!
A:snake robot that can blow us up with explosives
B:large crab/spider/french dude robot with large crushing ,THE CLAW! CLAW! claws...,
C:hovering helecopters with SPINing 500rpm+ blades
D:a strange man like hand that makes sushi and gives handjobs

what is your anwser i know what i would choice

[reece0704 @ Jun 10th 2009 11:03PM]

waste of a robot

[Utsuri @ Jun 11th 2009 2:46AM]

it's more like a human-like sushi-feeder to me

[Chris @ Jun 11th 2009 3:14AM]

Following the "read" link, we can find an article on the gundam statue ... that is more interesting ^_^;

[TaoQube @ Jun 13th 2009 3:52AM]

Why are the Japanese always so nuts about building human-like robots? It's not like there's a population shortage in Japan (or anywhere else for that matter). Do they really have that much difficulty relating to each other that they're mad for creating a totally controllable substitute for real people?

It's interesting in this photo that it takes two people and a robot to do poorly what one real human sushi chef can do expertly.