Robot chef serves Chinese school dinners to lower Covid-19 risk


A robot chef makes food for lunch at Minhang Experimental High School amid the global outbreak of Covid-19 in Shanghai, China. — Reuters

SHANGHAI: A Shanghai school is using a bright yellow robot to prepare and serve dishes in its canteen in an effort to improve food safety as China strives to keep the spread of the novel coronavirus under control.

The Minhang High School Experimental School, whose students are 11-13 years old, started using the robot in October shortly after the school first opened, making human cooks redundant.

Play, subscribe and stand a chance to win prizes worth over RM39,000! T&C applies.

Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Next In Tech News

Exclusive-SpaceX has held talks with Saudi fund for possible $5 billion investment in IPO, sources say
Coinbase gets conditional US approval for trust charter, Bloomberg News reports
Group of WTO states agrees not to impose e-commerce duties
Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter
Humanoid robots offer Europe path to stay in tech race
Amazon eyes $9 billion Globalstar deal to rival SpaceX's Starlink, FT reports
Ahead of Greek social media ban, parents desperate to separate children from phones
It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills
Meta, YouTube verdict escalates calls for teen social media limits
AI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling in China

Others Also Read