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Kuka Robots Serve Ice Cream, Very Slowly

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 4 of March , 2009 at 2:09 am

Ice Cream

People can create robots designed to rescue the injured and train doctors and sort muffins and stuff, but robots that serve ice cream is technological progress that I can stuff my face full of. These Kuka industrial robots were programmed by 26 students over 5 weeks to serve ice cream (with toppings!) to attendees at Ohio Northern University’s homecoming festivities:

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Category: DIY,Industrial

3 Comments

Comment by Joey1058

Made Tuesday, 17 of August , 2010 at 9:26 pm

Good project. But as far as practicality is concerned, two minutes is an eternity in the fast food world when it’s exclusively a machine. The guys at DQ can rest easy. Their jobs are safe for now!

Comment by battery candle

Made Monday, 21 of November , 2011 at 8:32 pm

Thanks for the great info.

Comment by flexible pvc

Made Wednesday, 23 of November , 2011 at 10:14 am

There are some interesting points in this article but I don’t know if I see all of them middle to heart. There may be some validity but I’ll take maintain an opinion till I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner as well.

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