Moley Robotics
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Robotics |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder | Mark Oleynik |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Products | Service robots |
| Website | moley |
Moley Robotics is a robotics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded by Mark Oleynik in 2015 to create service robots for kitchen use.[1][2] It is best known for creating the first robot kitchen called The Moley Robotic Kitchen.[3][4][5]
History
Mark Oleynik, a computer scientist, founded the Moley Robotics in 2014 as a way to have good food at home without the skills to make it.[6] In 2015, Moley Robotics partnered started working on a robotic kitchen.[7] Subsequently, the company introduced its Robotic Kitchen. It made its debut at the Hannover Messe industrial robotics trade fair in Hannover, Germany in April 2015.[8]
The Robotic Kitchen has been distinguished in several international science and engineering events. In May 2015, the Robotic Kitchen won the "Best of the Best" CES Shanghai award in China.[9] In January 2016, the prototype was finalist at the first edition of the AI & Robotics Award in the international category, health sector.[10] The consumer version of the Robotic Kitchen is slated to launch in 2018.[11]
Robotic Kitchen
The current prototype of the Moley Robotic Kitchen includes two robotic arms with hands equipped with tactile sensors, an oven, a stove, and a touchscreen unit.[12][13] These artificial hands can pick up and interact with most kitchen equipment, such as blenders, whisks, knives and the hob.[14] It captures, with an integrated 3D camera, the entire work of a human chef and upload it into a database.[15] The chef’s actions are translated into digital movements using algorithms created in collaboration with Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University professors.[16] Later, The Robotic Kitchen reproduces the whole sequence of actions to cook an identical meal from scratch.[17][18]
In the current prototype, the user operates the installation via a built-in touchscreen or smartphone application with cooking ingredients prepared in advance and put in preset locations.[19] Moley Robotic’s objective in the future is to enable the user to select from a library of over 2,000 recorded recipes.[20][21]
References
- ^ Megan Gibson (14 April 2015). "Meet The Robot Chef That Can Prepare Your Dinner". Time (magazine).
- ^ Nicola Davis, Stephen Burgen and Zoë Corbyn (13 September 2015). "Future of food: how we cook". The Guardian.
- ^ "Meet the World's First Robotic Kitchen". Discovery Channel. 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Maschine am Herd: Gestatten, RoboKoch". Der Spiegel. 11 December 2015.
- ^ Jonathan Amos (14 April 2015). "'Robot chef' aimed at home kitchen". BBC News.
- ^ "This Robot Will Make You Dinner". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ Katherine Rushton (13 April 2015). "Robocook: The $14,000 extra pair of hands in the kitchen that can whip up your favorite recipes". Daily Mail.
- ^ "Merkel, Modi visit Hannover Messe". China Daily. 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Hannover Messe 2015 - Kochender Roboter mit sensiblen Händen". Ingenieur.de.
- ^ "The UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good - Moley Robotic Kitchen". Robotics for Good.
- ^ "Photos: Robots star at industrial trade fair in Germany". Al Jazeera. 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Robochef gets cooking". The Economist. 18 April 2015.
- ^ Shannon Higgins and Sujata Berry (23 June 2015). "'Robot Chef' could revolutionize or kill home cooking". CBC Radio.
- ^ "Robotics innovation: a kitchen that cooks for itself". GOV.UK. 20 May 2015.
- ^ Sheena McKenzie (23 April 2015). "Robo chef: Would you trust a cook with no taste buds?". CNNMoney.
- ^ Danielle Muoio (19 November 2015). "The world's first robot kitchen is coming". Tech Insider.
- ^ Sarah Knapton (14 April 2015). "Robotic hands cook any dish with skill of master chef...then clean up". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Robot kitchen serves up dinner with 'skill and flair'". Toronto Star. 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Haute Cuisine à la Moley Robotics". Roboterwelt. 28 May 2015.
- ^ Carey Reed (18 April 2015). "Robot chef coming to a kitchen near you in 2017". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
- ^ "E se a cozinha viesse com um robô chef?". Público (Portugal). 16 April 2015.