With its I-Robo cooking robot, the Japanese company TechMagic impressed during the CES 2024winning the award for best robotic innovation.
Cooking robots have already made the daily lives of many people easier by allowing them to quickly prepare elaborate dishes. With I-Robo, TechMagic is moving up a gear. Qualified for ” world’s first innovative food processor » by CES, the appliance is not only capable of cooking food, it can also season it, mix it and clean itself. The Japanese company hopes that its robot can help very busy households, but above all respond to the labor shortage in the restaurant industry.
A robot connected to the cloud to access many recipes
I-Robo is equipped with features allowing it to cook a wide range of dishes, such as automatic seasoning, cooking automation or even a self-cleaning frying pan. The robot is able to flexibly and appropriately adjust the cooking temperature and time, as well as the speed and rotation time of the pan according to the chosen menu.
Designed with “ Japanese attention to detail “, according to TechMagic founder Yuji Shiraki, the robot is connected to a library of cloud-based recipes developed by users and experts. These are customizable, allowing you to reproduce refined flavors without culinary training. I-Robo is also capable of creating unique dishes thanks to its algorithms.
“ The user simply taps the menu of their choice on the touchscreen, and I-Robo does the cooking for them », promises the company.
Already tested and approved in Asia
The cooking robot has already been tested in several restaurants in Asia, notably in renowned Chinese restaurant groups in Japan. He made more than 100,000 dishes in the last half year.
According to Takeshi Uetsuki, president and director of the Osaka Ohsho restaurant chain, I-Robo has enabled his teams to “ reproduce the skills of artisan chefs ”, but also “create culinary experiences that can only be achieved with the capabilities of these robots “.
I-Robo is expected to be introduced to the US market soon. TechMagic has not yet communicated about a possible deployment in Europe.
Sources: Interesting Engineering, THESE
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