Cooky robots will make soup for you, won't clean up afterwards

Cooking robots aren't exactly anything new (even if they haven't yet been perfected), but they generally come in the form of humanoid robots or, at the very least, robotic arms in order to be more adept in the kitchen. JST's ERATO research division has taken a decidedly different approach with these so-called Cooky robots, however, which are tiny, wheeled bots that scurry about your countertop and work as a team to make miso soup for you. As you might have guessed from the image above though, they aren't quite entirely autonomous, and require that you both label all the necessary ingredients with special cards, and pre-program things like cooking time and temperature. They'll take things over from there on out though and, as you can see in the video after the break, the results do at least appear to be edible.

[B3astofthe3ast Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:01PM]

More like they'll make soup out of you.

[Bowsa Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:04PM]

@B3astofthe3ast

But will it blend?

[Needsahaircut Posted Dec 15th 2009 8:40PM]

@Bowsa

Up-ranked for winning reference.

[JPeak Posted Dec 16th 2009 5:34AM]

@B3astofthe3ast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_%281984_film%29

[kLid Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:04PM]

"Uhh... Dude why's there a robot in your soup...?"

[JoeHazzers Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:23PM]

Anyone else get the eerie feeling that the beginning of the video resembles a Macbook Air ad?

[RenegadeR Posted Dec 16th 2009 12:03AM]

@JoeHazzers

Oh yes...Apple invented pianos too doncha know?

[Alexicov Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:24PM]

Combine that with the japanese 'sits and stares politely' robot and women will be almost obsolete ;)

[SkankySquirrel Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:45PM]

I'll stick with my can opener thanks.

[poached Posted Dec 15th 2009 7:59PM]

looks like it's more work to use the robots than to do it yourself.

[cjwild Posted Dec 15th 2009 8:04PM]

@poached

i was thinking that myself as i watched him have to strategically place the ingredients and label them with cards and set everything up properly, then set up the instructions for the program. meanwhile he could have just been cooking.

[nrb Posted Dec 16th 2009 2:36AM]

Exactly what I was thinking. All the robots did was dump prepared ingredients into a pot. Well there was also the one that mixed a little air around with a spoon.

Sell your stock in JST

[hj Posted Dec 16th 2009 6:31AM]

@poached Did you see at what speed he cut the carrot? Everything will be quicker than him!

[eugeneaction Posted Dec 16th 2009 2:33AM]

Lame du jour

[n1hmrd Posted Dec 16th 2009 6:13AM]

But can it run crysis,,(had to be said to get it out of the way),,,no seriously ,I like soup,the stiring robot looks abit lazy tho,e needs to be bootedup!

[MeesterJ Posted Dec 16th 2009 12:42PM]

Like Engadget always refers to, is this how the end comes? When robots will attempt to poison us?