Chef Robot makes sushi even more dangerous
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 10th 2009 3:22AM
posted Jun 10th 2009 3:22AM
[Via TokyoMango]
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BANZAI!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shynet is already starting to use human body parts!!!
RUN!!!
Shynet.... the cheap knockoff of Skynet
skynet with low self esteem
Hope, he washed his hand. ZING!!!
In modern parlance, we call that "creepy."
in Historic parlance "Creepy!"
In future parlance, we will call that "Master"
I, for one, welcome our creepy one-handed sushi-making masters.
I don't like raw fish.
raw fish raw fish raw fish raw fish raw fish raw fish baked beans raw fish raw fish raw fish
I though we called it "the stranger"
@fistpittingnork:
what about raw cow?
Its adept with fish, but how does it handle sausage?
I'm not sure that robot is that way inclined...
I wouldn't be that eager to find out.
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'
Hmmm If they just could make that hand look more feminine.... Imagine the possibilities!!! Finally being able to surf with my right hand!
You lost yours in an accident?
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.
Paradise on a plate, dangerously high levels of mercury in the brain.
Yes, sushi is delicious! I can't get enough of the stuff.
@ asuka - microscopic amounts of mercury are dangerous? Guess thats why our Japanese are so short lived... oh wait...
Handjob anyone?
The robot is on high stress, Kim Jong Il is waiting for his secret guilty pleasure: Japanese Sushi!
The hand...THE HAND!!!!
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!
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.
im sorry... i can take self aware robots with lazers and giant killing machines... but that just creeps me out.
Love the movie quotes, Charleston Heston fans?
The first step in robot domination will be to prepare fugu.
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!
failage.
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
waste of a robot
it's more like a human-like sushi-feeder to me
Following the "read" link, we can find an article on the gundam statue ... that is more interesting ^_^;
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.