7月新刊推荐 | 机器人将彻底改变快餐业( 二 ) 对于餐饮行业而言

Visitors to Henn-na, a restaurant outside Nagasaki, Japan, are greeted by a peculiar sight: their food being prepared by a row of humanoid robots that bear a passing

resemblance to the Terminator. The “head chef,” incongruously

named Andrew, specializes in okonomiyaki, a Japanese pancake. Using his two long arms, he stirs batter in a metal bowl, then pours it onto a hot grill. While he waits for the batter to cook, he talks cheerily in Japanese about how much he enjoys his job. His robot colleagues, meanwhile, fry donuts, layer soft-serve ice cream into cones, and mix drinks.

在日本长崎县外一家名为Henn-na的餐厅里，游客们看到了一种奇特的景象：一排人形机器人在为顾客准备食物，这种景象与《终结者》中的情节有点儿相似。机器人“主厨”名叫安德鲁，这个名字显得不那么适合；他擅长制作大阪烧（一种日式煎饼）。只见他挥起两条长长的手臂，在一个金属碗里搅拌面粉，再将面粉倒在一个炙热的烤架上。在等待面糊烤熟之时，他用日语开心地说着他有多喜欢自己的工作。与此同时，他的机器人同事们在炸甜甜圈、把软冰淇淋层层挤进甜筒里以及调制饮料。