07 Jun 2023 --- Robotic chefs could bring health and economic benefits if the technology is widely implemented. Unlike humans – who can learn recipes by watching someone else cook or a cooking video – programming a robot to create various dishes is costly and time-consuming. However, new research shows that video content could be a rich data source for automated food production, enabling more accessible and cheaper robot chefs. Researchers programmed a robotic chef to recreate eight simple salads from a cookbook. The robot could identify which recipe was prepared in a cooking video and make it. The system also learned a ninth recipe from only watching a video.
