"One of the best dishes I ate last month was a paper plate of fried rice prepared by a robot named Robby. The grains were slick with soy sauce, each one caramelized and tinged with smoke. Generously studded with threads of soft scrambled eggs, browned lap cheong, plump shrimp and chopped scallions, it was a plate of fried rice that could have come from the weathered wok in my grandmother's kitchen."
"Next Robot creates and manufactures robotic cooking machinery, including Robby, a 550-pound automated wok capable of preparing 17.64 pounds of food at a time. It looks like a big, vertical washing machine drum that holds the food and spins while it cooks. Above, beside and below the drum are hidden compartments that carry various seasonings and sauces that automatically drop into the wok according to specific recipes."
Next Robot builds robotic cooking machinery, including Robby, a 550-pound automated wok that prepares up to 17.64 pounds of food per cycle. The unit is a vertical drum that spins while cooking, with hidden compartments that dispense oils, seasonings and sauces to exact recipes; it reaches temperatures up to 700°F without open flame. Robby is available to lease for about $1,200 a month on a three-year term. The machine is multilingual and can be set to additional languages quickly. Nguyen Bui, culinary director for Next Robot, demonstrated selecting a recipe; the wok heated and seasoned itself with oil and completed a cycle in about four minutes.
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