Flipping brilliant! Now Japan has invented a robot that can cook you pancakes for breakfast



We've already seen a robot that can dance, do household chores and even feel 'empathy' for humans. Now a robot in Japan has proven it can prepare and cook you pancakes.

The Okonomiyaki Robot was showing off its skills in cooking traditional Japanese flour pancakes at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo.



It starts by stirring all the ingredients in a bowl, before pouring the batter on to a heated cooking pan.

Chef bot: The Okonomiyaki Robot starts the process by mixing the pancake mixture and then pouring it out on a hot plate

Perfectionist: It gets the right pancake shape by using its spatulas

The robot then turns the okonomiyaki (pancakes) over with spatulas and then serves them up with ease.



It even asks you what sauces and condiments you want with your pancakes. But the word's still out on taste.



Voila! The robot does a last flip of the pancakes before serving them up with sauces and condiments of your choice

The Motoman SDA10, a dexterous dual-arm industrial robot was developed by Osaka-based robot makers Toyo Riki Co.

At 4.5ft tall, and weighing 480lb, the robot is designed to operate independently alongside humans in the workplace.

