The Chief Cook Robot Makes a Ham & Cheese Omelet

by Scott Beale on May 24, 2008 · 2 comments

Researchers at the Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (LASA) in Lausanne, Switzerland taught The Chief Cook Robot how to make a ham and cheese omelet.

Through the use of a probabilistic model, the robot progressively learns to generalize the skill to various situations.

Here’s the full length version for those of you who want more detail, but without the Benny Hill theme song.

via The Presurfer

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1 Ryan May 24, 2008 at 10:24 am

aww, he has this wall-e like sense of wonder on his face when he learns something, his eyes even light up!

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