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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FOOD PREPARATION IN A ROBOTIC COOKING KITCHEN

  • US 20150290795A1
  • Filed: 02/20/2015
  • Published: 10/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method operating on robotic apparatus, comprising:

  • an electronic description of one or more food dishes, including the recipes for making each food dish from ingredients by a chef;

    for each food dish, sensing a sequence of observations of a chef'"'"'s movements by a plurality of robotic sensors as the chef prepares the food dish using ingredients and kitchen equipment;

    detecting in the sequence of observations mini-manipulations corresponding to a sequence of movements carried out in each stage of preparing a particular food dish;

    transforming the sensed sequence of observations into computer readable instructions for controlling a robotic apparatus capable of performing the sequences of mini-manipulations;

    storing at least the sequence of instructions for mini-manipulations to electronic media for each food dish, wherein the sequence of mini-manipulations for each food dish is stored as a respective electronic record;

    transmitting the respective electronic record for a food dish to a robotic apparatus capable of replicating the sequence of stored mini-manipulations, corresponding to the original actions of the chef; and

    executing the sequence of instructions for mini-manipulations for a particular food dish by the robotic apparatus, thereby obtaining substantially the same result as the original food dish prepared by the chef, wherein executing the instructions includes sensing properties of the ingredients used in preparing the food dish.

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