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Instant noodles: robot-made laksa in Singapore ready in 45 seconds
- Sophie the robot, built by local engineering company Orange Clove, will let chefs cut down on repetitive tasks and focus on understanding customers’ needs, the firm said
- ‘I would say there’s no difference between the one created by the robot and human,’ a guest at the launch event claimed
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A Singapore engineering company has built a robot that can serve up a piping hot bowl of laksa, one of the city state’s most well-known dishes, in just 45 seconds.
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The electric sous-chef, dubbed Sophie by its creators, can blanch noodles, add pre-cooked prawns and ladle spicy coconut soup – all with minimum spillage, at the rate of around 80 bowls an hour.
“It’s excellent, I would say there’s no difference between the one created by the robot and human,” said Paul Yong, a guest at last week’s launch event catered by Orange Clove, which developed the machine with a local engineering company.
The robot will let chefs cut down on repetitive tasks and focus on understanding customers’ needs, said Tan Tun Lim, the assistant sales director for Orange Clove.
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Sophie will cut the staffing of the laksa station from two chefs to one, whose main role will be to replenish the ingredients and keep the station clean.
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