In slow movements, each gunmetal gray robot grabs a towel by its corners, flattens it out, folds it twice, and deposits it ...

At Nvidia’s new robot lab in Seattle, UW professor Dieter Fox is betting that a run-of-the-mill Ikea kitchen is the perfect test bed for his next-gen robots. This week, the computer chip company ...

The next wave of kitchen automation will succeed not by showcasing exotic technology but by delivering measurable business ...

Technology has given us so much to be thankful for. Email, so we can stay in contact with people across the world. Phones, so we’re contactable no matter where we are. YouTube, so we can watch ...

Building the Automated Kitchen was a fascinating panel at the Food On Demand Conference, and not just because Flippy, Sippy and other neato robots are taking over unpleasant tasks while allowing human ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Patrick Lin, California Polytechnic State University (THE CONVERSATION) Automating ...

(CBS NEWS) - It’s long since been the vision of Hollywood that robots and humans would be side-by-side. In some Hollywood films, this partnership is a recipe for catastrophe, but in this suburb not ...

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Robots that can cook -- from flipping burgers to baking bread -- are in growing demand as virus-wary kitchens try to put some distance between workers and customers. Starting this ...

Jan. 11 (UPI) --Exhibitors at the 2024 CES showed off technology that could help simplify complicated tasks in the kitchen. Some of these new inventions could change the way people grow and prepare ...

Meet Flippy. Starting in 2021, this tireless fry-station specialist toiled in 10 Chicago-area locations of White Castle, America’s first fast-food hamburger chain. Working behind a protective shield ...

A recent article in the British magazine the New Scientist has brought attention to several such initiatives. Meet Jinna Lei, a computer scientist at the University of Washington who has built a ...

Robot waiter brings a plate of food to a restaurant table - Ira Lichi/Shutterstock You might love a Rosie the Robot in the house to cook and clean as she did in the Jetsons' home, doing all the ...