AI-Powered Robots Are Maximizing Efficiency In The Food Industry

In China, robots with built-in sensors which imitate human’s facial characteristics like noses, eyes, and tongues are taking people’s jobs in the country’s food industry.

What these robots do are taste-testing mass-produced food samplers to ensure the top-notch quality is met. The South China Morning Post reported that food manufacturers have been saving millions of dollars thanks to these bots which are said to help increase productivity, product quality as well as stability, cut down production costs and offer technical support for the promotion of traditional cuisine globally.

The bots are set up at several points in the production lines to monitor the condition of the food, including raw ingredients and the end product.

Specific foods in China have their own regulations which have been issued by the government. An example of this is that officials direct that a dish of shredded pork must contain slices that are exactly ten centimeters long. Other regulations are about tastes, colors as well as other elements of certain dishes.

The AI system of these robots will use their sensors to analyze the data and monitor these distinctions more quickly than human workers. According to the South China Morning Post, the system’s accuracy can reach 90 percent, minus the biases and individual tastes as they are robots, not humans.

Manufacturers view these automated taste tests as perfect for business and productivity since unlike humans, the robotic tongue doesn’t need to take a breather. However, as SCMP quoted what experts on Chinese food said, humans should be the one to be in charge of evaluating flavor.

China Cuisine Association’s director of international affairs, Sun Lin, said: