Sony Partners With CMU to Develop Food Prep and Delivery Robots

A research agreement on robotics and AI will result in robot waiters and chefs Photo: iStockphoto Last week, Sony and Carnegie Mellon University announced a collaboration “on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics research.” Usually, these announcements pretty much just end there, with the implication being that giant corporation X will support academic research institution Y by funding ongoing research or a string of new initiatives. This Sony/CMU announcement is a bit more exciting because of how specific it is: The project will be about food. Researchers will focus on defining the domain of food ordering, preparation, and delivery. Initially, they will build upon existing manipulation robots and mobile robots, and will plan on developing new domain-specific robots for predefined food preparation items and for mobility in a limited confined space.  Yum! More from the press release: Initial research and development efforts will focus on optimizing food preparation, cooking and delivery. Depending on Continue reading Sony Partners With CMU to Develop Food Prep and Delivery Robots

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