[IP] Re: Meet Japan's Robot Ramen Chefs - Noodles - Gizmodo

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

but fun. djf

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From: Michael Collins <mcollins@aleae.com>
Date: August 5, 2009 11:11:48 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: "ip" <ip@v2.listbox.com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Meet Japan's Robot Ramen Chefs - Noodles - Gizmodo

Interesting but sort of theatrical, no?  Sort of like the generic  
robots from 1930's home automation cartoons where everything was  
conducted by a congery of gloved arms.

In a similar vein, when Dunkin' Donuts decided they were going to  
start serving espresso, they hunted for an automated espresso machine  
specifically to avoid dealing with the precision problems that semi- 
autos involve (I believe the perfect time for an espresso shot is  
around 28 seconds a cup, and i've seen baristas with timers - the ones  
at Tazza D'Oro in Pittsburgh used to have a little watch up on the  
machine to check).  They picked this one, the Schaerer Ambiente:

http://www.schaerer.com/content-n51-sE.html

Apparently this whole espresso automation problem is of some interest  
in the coffee community: http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing/food-manufacturing-food-coffee-tea/405857-1.html


On Aug 5, 2009, at 10:48 AM, David Farber wrote:

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