Few foods are more quintessentially German than thebratwurst , a type of spiced , linked sausage balloon that ’s often made with minced pork and veal . At a recent government event in Berlin , Popular Sciencereports , officials served up the traditional raw material with futuristic flair : They used a special brat - grilling robot — fitly dub the “ BratWurst Bot”—to cook more than 200 sausage for Guest .
The BratWurst Bot was created by the nonprofit FZI Research Center for Information Technology , site at Germany ’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology . On FZI’swebsite , they explain how the sovereign simple machine works : Simply request your order via a tablet , and you ’ll be placed in a queue of waiting diners and receive tangible - sentence update on your meal ’s progress . As you wait for your dinner party , you may watch the mesmerize preparation process as BratWurst Bot ’s metal subdivision expertly place uncooked sausages onto the grill , rotates them until they ’ve reach gold idol , and dishes them out to hungry guest .
To imbue the BratWurst Bot with a small personality , FZI even created an animated , pad - based “ chef face ” and set it behind the golem , Phys.org report card . As people fend in line , they were treat to playful banter as the “ chef ” announced order names and “ commented [ on ] many of its actions with funny German locution like ‘ heiss und fettig , ’ which literally translate means ' red-hot and greasy , ' " FZI ’s website states .
This is n’t the first clip FZI has designed a gamey - tech food waiter for Germany ’s governing officials ; last year , according toEngadget , they created a robot bartender . you could check out FZI ’s cocktail - fuse android onYouTube , or catch the BratWurst Bot in action above .
[ h / tPopular Science ]
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