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0 pointselvisds7y ago0 comments

A friend is getting such a system to production for Indian recipes with Mechnical Chef [1] The demo looks incredibly cool [2]

[1] http://www.mechanicalchef.com/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB0ZaN1paE

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DoubleGlazing7y ago

That's impressive, really impressive.

My system looks like it was put together by a drunk person. That is somewhat true.

golergka7y ago

> My system looks like it was put together by a drunk person. That is somewhat true.

This made want to see it even more.

coreypreston7y ago

That's how you know its built with quabity!

vijucat7y ago

A bit off-topic: Not only is this incredibly impressive, it's a great white noise video, IMHO. Can listen to the robot cook do it's thing for a loong time. The Capsicum Sabzi video has a good amount of unintended ASMR, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kf17jxeSY

aws_ls7y ago

Your friend is a genius! Any idea, how much is it going to cost? And will they plan to sell it in India?

navinsylvester7y ago

It costs around 25k INR which would be around 370 dollars. Here is the source - https://www.thebetterindia.com/147371/bengaluru-mechanical-c....

easytiger7y ago

Whilst an impressively ambitious amateur electronics project, this is clearly not productisable and won't work for a whole ton of reasons. A reduced scope project or device however might be.

mosselman7y ago

Building a clunky device that imitates human actions is hardly 'genius'. Resourceful maybe. An electrical coffee grinder isn't a normal coffee grinder with some rotating lever attached to it. An electrical coffee grinder has small motors attached to the grinder mechanism in order to make it move. This contraption is fun to build I am sure, but not 'genius'.

Much closer to genius is the thermomix: https://thermomix.com/

exodust7y ago

Here in Australia, Thermomix was recently ordered to pay $4.6 million in penalties for knowingly keeping safety issues relating to one of their appliances secret.

A malfunctioning lid caused hot liquid to escape from the bowl, giving several consumers severe burns. The Court found that Thermomix knew of this risk but still continued to promote and supply the faulty product.

Beware of genius inventions, you may get burned.

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fipple7y ago

I've been served Thermomix food and it was extremely unimpressive. I don't know how easy it was to make though, since I didn't participate in the cooking. I can just say that if it's any harder than microwaving it's probably not worth it.

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scarejunba7y ago

I'm not able to seek on the video he has embedded (using Chrome on Android here). I'd probably have looked for more than 10 s if I could have.

a_rahmanshah7y ago

Here you go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPooW6tqQts

scarejunba7y ago

Thank you.

err4nt7y ago

I have a lot of questions about how it might work, but above all else I'm absolutely in awe of what MechanicalChef can already do! Truly amazing automation, and I can see how this could directly benefit…nearly everyone. I wish your friend success with this (and many delicious meals too)

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DoubleGlazing7y ago

That's impressive, really impressive.

My system looks like it was put together by a drunk person. That is somewhat true.

golergka7y ago

> My system looks like it was put together by a drunk person. That is somewhat true.

This made want to see it even more.

coreypreston7y ago

That's how you know its built with quabity!

vijucat7y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kf17jxeSY

aws_ls7y ago

Your friend is a genius! Any idea, how much is it going to cost? And will they plan to sell it in India?

navinsylvester7y ago

It costs around 25k INR which would be around 370 dollars. Here is the source - https://www.thebetterindia.com/147371/bengaluru-mechanical-c....

easytiger7y ago

Whilst an impressively ambitious amateur electronics project, this is clearly not productisable and won't work for a whole ton of reasons. A reduced scope project or device however might be.

mosselman7y ago

Much closer to genius is the thermomix: https://thermomix.com/

exodust7y ago

Here in Australia, Thermomix was recently ordered to pay $4.6 million in penalties for knowingly keeping safety issues relating to one of their appliances secret.

Beware of genius inventions, you may get burned.

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fipple7y ago

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scarejunba7y ago

I'm not able to seek on the video he has embedded (using Chrome on Android here). I'd probably have looked for more than 10 s if I could have.

a_rahmanshah7y ago

Here you go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPooW6tqQts

scarejunba7y ago

Thank you.

err4nt7y ago

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