Robot chef arms trained to make delicious omelettes

Key Take Away

Roboticists, from the University of Cambridge in collaboration with domestic appliance company Beko, used machine learning to train the robot to cook to the necessary level, a matter of subjective choice.

Teaching a robot to prepare and cook food is a challenging task since it must deal with complex problems in robot manipulation, computer vision, sensing, and human-robot interaction, and produce a consistent end product. The results show that machine learning can be used to obtain quantifiable improvements in food optimization

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Plant-based meat maker Growthwell snares $11.4m in Temasek-led funding round

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Plant-based meat manufacturer Growthwell Group has clinched US$8 million (S$11.4 million) in a funding round led by Temasek to set up local research and development (R&D) Centre and to launch a new product line with an Israeli start-up.

Started in 1989, Growthwell specializes in vegetarian food solutions for food and beverage businesses and organisations in Singapore, Australia, India and the United States.

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