Development of a Personal Robot with a Sense of Taste
- Utilizing Infrared Spectroscopic Technology, Robotic Technology,
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June 9, 2005-NEC System Technologies, Ltd. announced today that it has succeeded in developing a robot with a sense of taste. Using its sensor, the robot is capable of examining the taste of food and giving the name of the food as well as its ingredients. Furthermore, it can give advice on the food and on health issues based on the information gathered. The robot is called "Health and Food Advice Robot," the world's first partner robot with a sense of taste. NEC System Technologies and Laboratory of Bioinformation & Food Engineering (BIFE), Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University worked together. This technology was proposed to the "21st Century Robot Challenge Program: Next Generation Robot: Practical Application Project (Prototype Development Support Business)" led by the New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO), and was adopted. The achievement was made possible by combining NEC System Technologies' robot technology and pattern recognition technology with the analytical techniques of the infrared spectroscopic technology of the BIFE Laboratory.
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