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Robot serves ice cream while keeping human contact to a minimum

Emerald Pellot
Updated ·2-min read

The next time you get ice cream, a robot could be serving it.

Kawasaki Robotics, a Japan-based company, debuted its duAro robot, an automated ice-cream serving robot, at the technology expo FABTECH in 2016.

Footage from the event showed how the robot seamlessly worked without needed much human intervention. First, a customer used a touch screen to select an ice cream flavor. Then he placed a cone into the machine which triggered a sensor to activate the process. A robot arm grabbed the cone, transported it to the ice cream dispenser and placed it back into a holder for the patron to retrieve.

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“The duAro robot is designed to safely collaborate with humans in work operations,” Kawasaki Robotics stated.

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In the age of the pandemic, you might say Kawasaki was ahead of its time in creating a robotic, contactless server.

“The duAro robot is not only safe but it is also easy to operate,” Kawasaki stated in a press release. “The direct teach function allows the user to teach the robot tasks by hand guiding its arms. In addition, the robot can be programmed using a PC or tablet terminal by entering numerical values indicating the direction and distance of each movement.”

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This isn’t the first ice-cream serving robot, however. Connected Robotics launched a similar robot in 2020 due to the lockdown. Its Reita is a dog-shaped robot that helps serve treats while keeping human-contact to a minimum.

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