A robot “taster”

May 11th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles
The Japanese company NEC and Mie University have created a robot, based on its known PaPeRo capable of distinguishing between different types of wine with an infrared system. Currently only able to analyze a dozen types of wine with phrases like "this is a wine of medium body with a deep flavor, but the aim is that in the future to replace sumillers restaurants midrange and low who can not afford a human expert. Besides wines, PaPeRo can analyze other types of food. It can, for example, if an apple is ripe or how much sugar is a cup of coffee. The type of technology used could be used to analyze foods in Japan, whose society is increasingly concerned about food safety and diet. The robot could

say to a diabetic, for example, what food you can consume.
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