Sunday, September 10, 2006

Japanese robot replaces human wine tasters


physorg.com
...The ability to discern good wine from bad, name the specific brand from a tiny sip and recommend a complementary cheese would seem to be about as human a skill as there is. In Japan, robots are doing it.

Researchers at NEC System Technologies and Mie University have designed a robot that can taste - an electromechanical sommelier able to identify dozens of different wines, cheeses and hors d'oeuvres...

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