{"id":323977,"date":"2019-05-10T03:47:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T07:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/in-china-robots-are-taste-testing-food.php"},"modified":"2019-05-10T03:47:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T07:47:25","slug":"in-china-robots-are-taste-testing-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/in-china-robots-are-taste-testing-food.php","title":{"rendered":"In China, Robots Are Taste-Testing Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2019\/05\/robots-taste-chinese-food-300x158.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chinese food manufacturers have deployed taste-testing robots and artificial intelligence to make sure that the food is high-quality and authentic.\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><h2>Two Robo-Claws Up!<\/h2><p>Chinese robots equipped with sensors that imitate human eyes, noses, and tongues are pigging out on the job.<\/p><p>The taste-testing robots are sampling mass-produced food to make sure the quality is up to snuff. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3009014\/dish-real-chinese-food-ask-ai-taste-testing-robot\">according to<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>South China Morning Post<\/em>, the bots is already saving food manufacturers millions of dollars.<\/p><h2>FlavorBot<\/h2><p>The Chinese government has issued a number of regulations for specific foods &mdash; <em>SCMP<\/em> gives the example of a shredded pork dish that that must, according to officials, contain exactly ten-centimeter-long slices. Other regulations dictate the colors, tastes, and other factors of specific dishes.<\/p><p>The robots&rsquo; AI, analyzing data from their sensors, can monitor these distinctions faster than humans. <em>SCMP <\/em>reports that the system is about&nbsp;90 percent accurate as a&nbsp;human&nbsp;&mdash; while doing away with their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/ai-food-research-better-recipes\">individual tastes and&nbsp;biases<\/a>.<\/p><h2>Sour Taste<\/h2><p>The automated taste tests are good for productivity and business, since a robotic tongue never needs to take a breather. But experts on Chinese food told <em>SCMP<\/em> that evaluating flavor should remain a human endeavor.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Chinese food is extremely sophisticated. It is probably the most difficult to standardize in the world,&rdquo; said Sun Lin, director of international affairs at the China Cuisine Association. &ldquo;It is hard to judge which is the most authentic. I don&rsquo;t think AI can tell the difference within the next two or three decades.&rdquo;<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3009014\/dish-real-chinese-food-ask-ai-taste-testing-robot\">Artificial intelligence robots boost profits in Chinese food factories, paving way for mass use<\/a> [<em>South China Morning Post<\/em>]<\/p><p><strong>More on AI food: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/ai-food-research-better-recipes\">AI Trained on Decades of Food Research Is Making Brand-New Foods<\/a><\/em><\/p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/robots-taste-chinese-food\/\">In China, Robots Are Taste-Testing Food<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\">Futurism<\/a>.<\/p><p>Read the original post:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/robots-taste-chinese-food\/\" title=\"In China, Robots Are Taste-Testing Food\">In China, Robots Are Taste-Testing Food<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Two Robo-Claws Up! Chinese robots equipped with sensors that imitate human eyes, noses, and tongues are pigging out on the job. The taste-testing robots are sampling mass-produced food to make sure the quality is up to snuff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/in-china-robots-are-taste-testing-food.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}